Assessment of a wearable fall prevention system at a Veterans Health Administration hospital.

Thomas F Osborne; Zachary P Veigulis; David M Arreola; Ilya Vrublevskiy; Paola Suarez; Catherine Curtin; Evann Schalch; Rachel C Cabot; Angela Gant-Curtis

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Assessment of a wearable fall prevention system at a Veterans Health Administration hospital.

August 9, 2023

Osborne TF, Veigulis ZP, Arreola DM, et al. Digit Health. 2023;9:20552076231187727.

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Preventing patient falls in hospital settings is a patient safety priority. Set at one Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospital, this study found that use of SmartSocks – socks containing pressure sensors that detect when a patient is trying to stand up – reduced falls by more than 50% among patients determined to be at high-risk of falling.

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