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Presented by Laura A Dixon
Duration - 120 Minutes
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Falls are an important patient safety and risk management issue. Doing this correctly can result in a loss of reimbursement from Medicare. CMS includes hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) in which hospitals will not receive a payment related to the adverse events for Medicare patients. One of these areas includes falls. In 2020, there is a 1% reduction in Medicare payments and will affect hospitals whose rate is in the top quartile.
Falls are the number one HAC. Patient death or serious injury associated with a fall is also one of the 29 National Quality Forum Never Events which some states have agreed not to bill for. Falls can result in the filing of a medical malpractice case. This seminar will discuss how to comply with the Joint Commission and the CMS hospital CoP standards on falls.
Every hospital should consider having a fall team to look at this important patient safety issue. Preventing falls among patients requires a multifaceted approach. This seminar will discuss recognition, evaluation, assessment, categories of risk, policies, and procedures, evidenced-based literature, toileting, medication alteration, hourly rounding, post-fall huddle, need to increase mobility, signage, no passing zone, safe room set up, patient education, incident reports and prevention of falls.
Preventing falls and fall-related injuries is an important issue for hospitals today. Fall prevention is a crucial topic for today’s aging population. Patient falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths for patients over 65 years of age. The goal is to reduce the number of falls, the severity of falls, and increase mobility. All healthcare facilities must be up to date on the current evidence-based literature to reduce and prevent falls. This includes a toolkit on how to prevent falls by AHRQ and TJC 21 targeted solutions.
Falls are one of the most significant challenges for hospitals and other health care facilities. It will include information on medications that increase the fall rate and the pharmacist's role in the fall program. The program will cover a study on how the IT process helped a hospital reduce falls.
Attendance is a must for anyone serving on the falls team and anyone interested in preventing and reducing the number of falls in the hospital setting. All hospitals should have a falls team and fall team members should receive current and up-to-date information about falls.
Laura A. Dixon recently served as the Regional Director of Risk Management and Patient Safety for Kaiser Permanente Colorado, providing consultation and resources to clinical staff. Prior to joining Kaiser, she served as the Director of Facility Patient Safety and Risk Management and Operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020.... Read more
Learning Objectives
Outline
Introduction
Causes of Falls
Falls assessments and Interventions
Education
Who Should Attend