Standardizing reporting of patient falls: a survey of Pennsylvania hospitals
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Contributor(s):
- Gardner, Lea Anne. Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority. ECRI (Organization) Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Accidental Falls -- prevention & control Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data Documentation -- standards Interinstitutional Relations Mandatory Reporting Regional Medical Programs -- organization & administration Data Collection -- methods Health Care Surveys Hospitals Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority set out to evaluate the interest of Pennsylvania hospitals to expand a regional initiative to standardize falls reporting to a statewide level. A survey was distributed to Pennsylvania hospitals to determine the level of interest in this initiative. The results showed a general consensus among 81 respondent hospitals on the standardized falls definitions and willingness to participate. Hospitals indicated support for separate reporting of comparison data of falls rates for general acute care and specialty hospitals and for inpatient and outpatient settings. Potential barriers include financial, resource, and data collection burdens (e.g., collecting unit-level utilization data).
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 43-46))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101585853 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101585853