The project aims to promote patient safety and quality care by reducing preventable falls and falls with injuries using an evidence-based solution.
The project aims to promote patient safety and quality care by reducing preventable falls and falls with injuries using an evidence-based solution: the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (TIPS) intervention. The three objectives include: (a) developing personalized fall prevention interventions for high-risk patients, (b) engaging patients and families in fall prevention initiatives, and (c) promoting effective communication among teams using a bedside visual tool.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,000
Medical Records Chart Review
Methodist Dallas Medical Center- Clinical Research Institute
Dallas, Texas, United States
RECRUITINGDetermine if the Fall TIPS initiative is effective at reducing falls at MRMC.
Data will be collected from Verge and EPIC reports. To ensure intervention effectiveness, monitoring will be done through chart audits and staff reporting. EPIC slicer dicer generates customized reports, enhancing EHR effectiveness (Ayaad et al., 2022).
Time frame: through study completion, up to 18 months
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