Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care

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2G: Managing Change Checklist

Background: This tool can be used to monitor your progress on completing the managing change activities.

Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team.

How to use this tool: The Implementation Team leader (or individual designated by the leader) should complete the checklist upon starting his/her role as leader and review the checklist quarterly thereafter.

Use this tool to ensure you have not skipped any essential steps in your fall prevention efforts.

Managing Change Checklist

Implementation Team composition
Team leader identified and in place
Members with necessary expertise/role identified and invited
Linkage to senior leadership defined and established
Team startup
Team agenda and charge clearly stated
Necessary training and resources in place for team to get started
Assessment
Current state of fall prevention practice and knowledge assessed
Current practice and policies systematically examined
Challenges to good practice identified at organization and unit levels
Staff knowledge assessed
Starting the work of redesign
Approaches to redesign explored and chosen
Gap analysis conducted between current practice and recommended practice
Setting goals and plans for change
Specific goals set
Plan initiated for making changes to meet those goals
Preliminary plan in place for sustaining the changes

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