Findings from three methods to identify falls in hospitals: Results from the Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management system fall prevention trial

CONCLUSIONS: This study reaffirms the need to improve reporting falls in incident systems and at clinical handover to the team leader. Research should continue to use more than one method of identifying falls, but include data from medical records. Many falls cause injury, resulting in poor health outcomes.PMID:37861202 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13245

Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 20, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: R Visvanathan K Lange J Selvam J Dollard E Boyle K Jones K Ingram P Shibu A Wilson D C Ranasinghe J Karnon K D Hill Source Type: research