Drexel University, hospital, disease, CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service, mortality rate, quality, patient, medical care cost, healthcare, USA United States of America
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) recognizes in-hospital falls among the common hospital-acquired conditions. Hospital falls occur commonly among older adult patients with other chronic medical disorders. CMS study shows that in-hospital falls can cause fractures, dislocations, burns, crushing injuries, or brain injuries. Unfortunately, patient falls impact patients, their families, healthcare professionals, and the medical sector. This paper will present background information on the health issue.
[...] Background Information Heng et al. (2020) reveal that falls remain debilitating worldwide and in the United States. Falls have been rated as the leading cause of injuries and accidents in the healthcare sector by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2023). According to LeLaurin and Shorr (2019), about 700,000 to 1,000,000 in-hospital falls occur in the United States. The statistics show that one in four older people-those 65 and older fall annually. Unfortunately, with the expected increase in older adults by 2030 due to the baby boom that occurred between 946 and 1964, this problem might become a threat in hospital settings. [...]
[...] https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.5125 Heng, H., Jazayeri, D., Shaw, L., Kiegaldie, D., Hill, A., & Morris, M. E. (2020). Hospital falls prevention with patient education: A scoping review. BMC Geriatrics, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01515-w LeLaurin, J. H., & Shorr, R. I. (2019). Preventing Falls in Hospitalized Patients: State of the Science. Clinics in geriatric medicine, 273-283. [...]
[...] Nonetheless, in-hospital falls remain a hospital-acquired condition that needs to be addressed in the healthcare sector. Problem Statement The problem statement for this health concern would be that in-hospital fall injuries are severe problems in the acute care setting due to medication side effects, old age, environmental factors, and cognitive impairment. Inpatient fall injuries are employed as standard, publicly reported metrics to measure the quality of care in nursing; therefore, they should be prevented. The identifying words that justify the problem from the literature include inpatient falls, medication errors and side effects, old age, environmental factors, and cognitive disorders (LeLauri & Shorr Dykes et al Heng et al., 2020). [...]
[...] Due to these impacts, this paper has formulated a problem and purpose statement to address the issue and help reduce inpatient falls, costs incurred correcting fall complications, improve quality, enhance safety, and reduce time spent in hospital. References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023, July 19). Facts about falls. https://www.cdc.gov/falls/facts.html Dykes, P. C., Curtin-Bowen, M., Lipsitz, S., Franz, C., Adelman, J., Adkison, L., Bogaisky, M., Carroll, D., Carter, E., Herlihy, L., Lindros, M. E., Ryan, V., Scanlan, M., Walsh, M., Wien, M., & Bates, D. W. (2023). Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention program. JAMA Health Forum, e225125. [...]
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