Standardizing reporting of patient falls : a survey of Pennsylvania hospitals Pennsylvania patient safety advisory Accidental Falls -- prevention & control Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data Documentation -- standards Interinstitutional Relations Mandatory Reporting Regional Medical Programs -- organization & administration 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). [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012 Gardner, Lea Anne. Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority. ECRI (Organization) Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 43-46)) nlm:nlmuid-101585853-pdf 101585853 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101585853 English Pennsylvania United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0