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Reducing Fall Among Acute Rehabilitation Patients Through Implementation Of A Video Monitoring System, Priscila Alfonso
Reducing Fall Among Acute Rehabilitation Patients Through Implementation Of A Video Monitoring System, Priscila Alfonso
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Practice Problem: Falls are a significant healthcare issue that leads to substantial patient suffering and exorbitant health care expense. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identify falls as preventable and not eligible for reimbursement.
PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was: for acute rehabilitation inpatients (P), will the continuous use of video monitoring (VM) (I) compared to using bed alarms (C), decrease the fall rate by 10% (O) within six weeks of implementation (T)?
Evidence: The practice recommendation for using a VM system as a primary intervention or part of a multifactorial comprehensive fall prevention strategy …