Standardizing reporting of patient falls: a survey of Pennsylvania hospitals

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
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