@article{11073,
  author = {Lisanne Bright},
  title = {Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls.},
  abstract = {<p>In response to our agency exceeding the national benchmark rates for "Emergent Care for Injury Caused by Fall or Accident at Home," Alliance Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice developed a program to assess, prevent, or decrease the risk of falls in our mostly elderly and/or chronically ill population. Using the Tinetti Assessment score as the starting point, we developed a program of assessment, education, and follow-up that significantly reduced the number of patients requiring care for fall-related injuries.</p>},
  year = {2005},
  journal = {Home Healthc Nurse},
  volume = {23},
  pages = {29-36},
  month = {01/2005},
  issn = {0884-741X},
  language = {eng},
}