Literature DB >> 9544027

Liability for falls.

J Fiesta.   

Abstract

Reengineering of roles, inexperienced personnel and poor communications among departments has led to an increase in patient falls--a major source of liability. While health care facilities are not liable for all falls, they are expected to take precautions based on patients' deficits.

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Year:  1998        PMID： 9544027     DOI： 10.1097/00006247-199803000-00007

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Nurs Manage        ISSN： 0744-6314


  7 in total

1.  Does reengineering really work? An examination of the context and outcomes of hospital reengineering initiatives.

Authors:  S L Walston; L R Burns; J R Kimberly
Journal:  Health Serv Res       Date:  2000-02       Impact factor: 3.402

2.  Cognitive work analysis to evaluate the problem of patient falls in an inpatient setting.

Authors:  Karen Dunn Lopez; Gregory J Gerling; Michael P Cary; Mary F Kanak
Journal:  J Am Med Inform Assoc       Date:  2010 May-Jun       Impact factor: 4.497

3.  In-hospital patient falls after total joint arthroplasty: incidence, demographics, and risk factors in the United States.

Authors:  Stavros G Memtsoudis; Christopher J Dy; Yan Ma; Ya-Lin Chiu; Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle; Madhu Mazumdar
Journal:  J Arthroplasty       Date:  2011-11-23       Impact factor: 4.757

4.  Cost analysis of a falls-prevention program in an orthopaedic setting.

Authors:  John G Galbraith; Joseph S Butler; Adeel R Memon; Mark A Dolan; James A Harty
Journal:  Clin Orthop Relat Res       Date:  2011-06-04       Impact factor: 4.176

5.  Improving the capture of fall events in hospitals: combining a service for evaluating inpatient falls with an incident report system.

Authors:  Ronald I Shorr; Lorraine C Mion; A Michelle Chandler; Linda C Rosenblatt; Debra Lynch; Lori A Kessler
Journal:  J Am Geriatr Soc       Date:  2008-01-16       Impact factor: 5.562

6.  Falls and consequent injuries in hospitalized patients: effects of an interdisciplinary falls prevention program.

Authors:  René Schwendimann; Hugo Bühler; Sabina De Geest; Koen Milisen
Journal:  BMC Health Serv Res       Date:  2006-06-07       Impact factor: 2.655

7.  Falls following discharge after an in-hospital fall.

Authors:  Rick D Davenport; Georgeta D Vaidean; Carol B Jones; A Michelle Chandler; Lori A Kessler; Lorraine C Mion; Ronald I Shorr
Journal:  BMC Geriatr       Date:  2009-12-01       Impact factor: 3.921
  7 in total

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