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Falls and fall-related injuries are important patient safety and risk management issues for all hospitals. Patient falls are the leading cause of injury related deaths for patients over 65 years of age and the number one hospital-acquired condition, costing hospitals $30,000 per fall-related injury. Every hospital should have a falls team to minimize this adverse event.

In this program, our expert will use evidence-based literatures to discuss fall prevention and explain why it requires a multifaceted approach to address the issue. Attendees will learn every aspect of fall prevention, from assessment to patient education. Our expert will review AHRQ’s fall prevention toolkit and TJC’s 21 targeted solutions. It is important that all healthcare facilities are up-to-date on evidence-based literatures to reduce and prevent falls.

Make sure you know your falls policies!

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After this webinar participants will be able to:

1. Describe what constitutes a fall, including how to measure the fall rate.
2. Explain intrinsic and extrinsic causes of falls.
3. List evidence-based falls assessment tools used in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Your order includes:  

• Live attendance and a complimentary recording.
• One connection per order. Call 800.688.2421 for additional connections/locations.
• Participation in the live Q&A with the speaker following the presentation.
• Access to the specially created presentation handouts (approximately 48 hours in advance).

Agenda topics:

- Falls as a TJC Sentinel Event	- Causes of falls	- Fall assessments
- TJC & CMS standards	- Risk assessment tools	- Intrinsic causes of falls
- TJC targeted solutions	- Measuring falls	- Extrinsic causes of falls
- AHRQ fall assessment toolkit	- Classifications of falls	- Fall predictors
- Intervention & prevention strategies	- Individual risk factors	- Staffing levels
- Implementing IT programs	- Fall prevention programs	- Bedrail hazards
- Patient & family education	- Environmental rounds	- Staff education
- Post-fall assessments	- Medications & fall risks	And so much more!

Your Speaker: Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD

Sue is a nurse attorney, medico-legal consultant and long-time educator for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare providers. She is a frequent speaker and is well known across the country in the areas of healthcare law, risk management, and patient safety. She has authored over 100 books and hundreds of articles. For AHC Media, she authored Cracking the Code: Understanding the CMS Hospital CoP Standards on Anesthesia.

Ms. Calloway received her Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and Doctor of Jurisprudence from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Additionally, she is certified in healthcare risk management by the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and is the first in the country to be certified in CMS regulatory compliance.

Target Audience:

Anyone involved with or interested in case management, including but not limited to: CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CMOs, CNOs, CE Directors, Department Directors, Quality Improvement Staff, Physicians, Nurses (all levels), Compliance Officers, CMS Liaisons, TJC Liaisons, Registration Staff, Safety Officers and Staff, Pharmacy Staff, Ethics Committee Members, Consumer Advocates, Risk Managers, Legal Counsel, Behavioral Health Staff, Psychiatry Staff, Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Case Managers, Hospice Staff and Regulatory Affairs Staff.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

Relias Learning, LLC, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Relias Learning is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Expiration:

This CE activity is valid until September 27, 2018, for both the live event and recorded (MP4) version.