Every time a patient falls at your facility, someone is left thinking, "If only . . . "
"If only someone had cleaned up that spill . . . "
"If only I'd been there to catch him . . . "
"If only someone would publish a book packed with tracking and assessment tools I could use to create a falls reduction and prevention program . . . "
Well, HCPro can't catch your patients or clean your hallways, but we have done a lot of heavy lifting and dirty work to bring you the book and CD-ROM set Patient Falls Assessment and Prevention: Strategies and Tools to Comply with JCAHO.
One slip-up on patient falls will be costly for your organization. Save yourself—and your patients—from the pain and public embarrassment with HCPro's latest training tool.
A collection of training tools proven to reduce falls and protect your bottom line Mitigating factors (e.g., medications, environment, age, diagnosis) make assessing patients' fall risks difficult, but the successful Northwestern Memorial Hospital Model is so thorough that you'll be able to apply it to your healthcare setting regardless of its mission and size.
In an era when falls drive up U.S. healthcare costs by $2 billion annually, a proven, inexpensive, adaptable approach to preventing and reducing falls will have you looking like a hero to surveyors and administrators alike!
Practical strategies and easy-to-use forms will have you covered at survey time
Patient Falls Assessment and Prevention and its companion CD-ROM are loaded with charts and forms that you can adapt and customize for use in your own falls prevention program. HCPro's expert authors have made it easier than ever to comply with the JCAHO's requirements.
When you read this groundbreaking book and use its forms, you'll be learning from the best in the business. Authors Carol Payson and Corinne Haviley were instrumental in creating and implementing a falls reduction and prevention plan that was so successful that it garnered attention from the Wall Street Journal and significantly reduced fall rates.
Make accreditation easier on your organization
Patient Falls Assessment and Prevention should be required reading for everyone trying to prevent, reduce, or assess patient falls in their healthcare facilities. The JCAHO is putting more and more emphasis on falls prevention, which means your compliance requirements will only get tougher. Take the easier road toward compliance and accreditation by ordering this ultimate training package today.
Take a look at our table of contents . . .
Chapter 1: Introduction to patient falls assessment and prevention
What is a patient fall?
A national healthcare issue
Who's at risk for a fall?
Why risk assessment is challenging
A taste of what's required to make fall assessment and prevention work
Chapter 2: Fall assessment
The JCAHO standard
Identifying patients at risk
A plan to address falls
Evaluate current systems
Developing a falls assessment tool
Involve pharmacists
Risk assessment tool
When to do a fall risk assessment and reassessment
Chapter 3: Developing a fall prevention training program
Goals of a fall prevention training program
Training program agenda ideas and considerations
Handling barriers to change
Training tools for physicians
Leadership support
Common barriers to implementation
Chapter 4: Tracking falls and presenting findings
Root cause analysis
Steps to perform a root cause analysis
Benchmarking
Chapter 5: Challenges in other settings
Inpatient v. outpatient settings and other unique challenges
Staffing issues
Patient vulnerability
Phases of interactions
Chapter 6: Failure mode and effect analysis
What is FMEA?
How FMEA is used
Key definitions
Analyzing causes, contributing factors, and effects
Risk priority number
Calculating the RPN
Interpreting the RPN
Follow-up
Additional resources
Chapter 7: Involving leadership, staff, and patient and family
Leadership
Staff
Patient and family
Chapter 8: Lessons learned and future considerations
Lesson one: Implementing a program takes time
Lesson two: Identify key members early
Lesson three: Identify key components and partners
Lesson four: Gain leadership buy-in
Lesson five: Include information at admission and in the discharge plan
Lesson six: Predict any uncertainty
Lesson seven: Get the support of an instructional designer to assist with training
Further considerations/Next steps
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