Using Incident Reporting in Healthcare to Improve Sepsis Outcomes
Incident reporting in healthcare is a tool for preventing sepsis, a potentially life-threatening condition. By capturing and analyzing incidents,...
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Performance Health Partners
July 23, 2019
In fact, in 2017, the Joint Commission reported serious injuries or death associated with inpatient falls as the second highest sentinel event in healthcare organizations.
Of those, 30-40% result in injuries that can result in an average of 6.3 additional hospital days to a patient’s hospital stay and an average cost of $14,000 to diagnose and treat those injuries.
An effective falls prevention program can drastically decrease the overall number of patient falls in your healthcare organization. In fact, it is not uncommon to see a 25-50% reduction in falls after implementing a falls program.
Falls prevention is also cost avoidance. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services no longer reimburses hospitals for additional costs associated with inpatient falls as part of their value-based payment initiative. That means it's more important than ever to focus on falls prevention, not only from the mindset of encouraging patient safety, but also from a financial perspective. Many organizations have seen significant reductions in patient falls by implementing technology for patient safety.
If your organization is looking to implement a new falls prevention program or ensure that your existing one is as effective and efficient as possible:
Download our step-by-step guide to learn what an effective falls prevention program looks like and how to implement it into your healthcare organization:
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