Falls and Falls with Injury
Critical Safety Outcome Measures: ANA’s Falls and Falls with Injuries Hospital Measures
Both ANA falls and falls with injuries measures are endorsed by NQF.
These are high impact safety measures
- Injuries from falls contribute to death and harm
- The two measures work in tandem to improve safety through reduction in falls and injuries from falls
- ANA has worked closely with the CMS Partnership for Patients (PfP) to reduced harm from falls
Resources
- Evidence on Total Fall Rate (NQF# 0141) and Injury Fall Rate (NQF #0202) [pdf]
- Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013
- “The quality question: pearls for practice” TAN
- Chapter 10: Fall and Injury Prevention by Leann Currie [pdf]
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