Inpatient fall prevention: use of in-room Webcams.

Sonya R. Hardin; Jacqueline Dienemann; Pamela Rudisill; Kathy K. Mills

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Inpatient fall prevention: use of in-room Webcams.

January 9, 2013

Hardin SR, Dienemann J, Rudisill P, et al. J Patient Saf. 2013;9(1):29-35.

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The use of Webcams and virtual bed rail alarms were correlated with decreased patient falls in this study. However, the low consent rate suggests that patients may not welcome this potential invasion of privacy.

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