When I read ‘Fear of Falling’: How Hospitals Do Even More Harm By Keeping Patients in Bed I was reminded of the old adage, ‘What gets measured gets done.’
In this video I lay out three solutions to the problem of overzealous pursuit of fall reduction:
- Keep the measure but change the target so we’re not aiming for zero falls
- Add a new measure of how much patients are getting up and walking
- Reduce the penalties for excessive falls
What do you think?
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By healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of Health Business Group.
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