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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedPiatkowski M, Taylor E, Wong B
Designing a patient room as a fall protection strategy: the perspectives of healthcare design experts.
This multi-year study aimed to better understand how patient room design can increase stability during ambulation, serving as a fall protection strategy for frail and/or elderly patients. Specifically, the aim of this portion of the study was to ascertain the architect's perspective on designing a room to mitigate the risk of falls, as well as to evaluate the face validity of a predictive algorithm to assess risk in room design using the input of a design advisory council (AC).
AHRQ-funded; HS025606.
Citation: Piatkowski M, Taylor E, Wong B .
Designing a patient room as a fall protection strategy: the perspectives of healthcare design experts.
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Aug 19;18(16). doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168769..
Keywords: Falls, Patient Safety, Prevention, Adverse Events, Inpatient Care
Waters TM, Chandler AM, Mion LC
Use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, codes to identify inpatient fall-related injuries.
The researchers compared falls and fall-related injuries that a fall evaluator or hospital incident report identified with injuries identified according to discharge ICD-9-CM codes for the same set of inpatient episodes of care. They found that the CMS-targeted ICD-9-CM codes used to identify fall-related injuries in claims data do not always detect the most-serious falls.
AHRQ-funded; HS020627.
Citation: Waters TM, Chandler AM, Mion LC .
Use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, codes to identify inpatient fall-related injuries.
J Am Geriatr Soc 2013 Dec;61(12):2186-91. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12539..
Keywords: Falls, Elderly, Patient Safety, Inpatient Care, Adverse Events