In the book, “Patient Safety for Health Professionals,” it states, “A student ph

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In the book, “Patient Safety for Health Professionals,” it states, “A student physical theorist is affiliating in a community hospital. The physical therapy department is taking the leadership role in an interdisciplinary evaluation of the hospital’s fall-reduction program that was established in accordance with the Joint Commission 2009 National Patient Safety Goals. Goal 9 is to reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls. Elements of performance for this goal include the following: 1. The hospital establishes a fall-reduction program. 2. The fall-reduction program includes an evaluation appropriate to the patient population, settings, and services provided. 3. The fall reduction program includes interventions to reduce the patient’s fall risk factors. 4. Staff receive education and training for the fall-reduction program. 5. The hospital educates the patient and, as needed, the family on the fall reduction program and any individualized fall-reduction strategies. 6. The hospital evaluates the fall-reduction program to determine the effectiveness of the program. The student’s clinical instructor has invited her to participate. In preparation, the student begins to think about the types of evidence that might be used in evaluating the fall-reduction program

1. What are the potential benefits of using a mixed methods approach to answering patient safety research questions?

2. Why is there a need for external surveillance systems for patient safety?

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We can reduce falls during a patient‘s hospital stay and prevent falls outside the hospital will help reduce the number of patients admitted to the hospital for fall-related injuries.

This method gives strengths and weakness to address the problems.

It assist to increase findings of reliability and credibility through the triangulation of difference evidence results.

2. External surveillance system is required very periodically to notice the incidence rate and risk of fall. If we aware about the major sources of falls we can plan certain strategies to prevent those falls. For Ex: People who ride bike at times met with an road accident, among them people who wear helmet have less head injuries, whereas others affected with head injuries and led to death. With this surveillance report we advise everybody to wear helmet when they go on ride.

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