Fall TIP: Validation of icons to communicate fall risk status and tailored interventions to prevent patient falls

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 146, Issue , 2009, Pages 455-459

  Hurley, Ann C ^a   Dykes, Patricia C ^a,b,c   Carroll, Diane L ^b,d   Dykes, John S ^e   Middleton, Blackford ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CareGroup Health System   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e John S Dykes Illustration   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Fall prevention; Tailored interventions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; HOSPITALS; NURSING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS; FALL PREVENTION; FALL RISK; HOSPITAL SETTINGS; TAILORED INTERVENTIONS; TEAM MEMBERS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FALLING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349564764     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-024-7-455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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