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  • Healthcare Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Geriatric Medicine

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  • In-hospital falls pose serious risks, leading to significant harm and costs.
  • The Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) initiated a falls reduction program in response to high reporting rates from district health boards (DHBs).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss the challenges and practicalities of reducing in-hospital falls.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of a national falls prevention program using an adaptive approach.
  • To demonstrate the impact of targeted measurement and national action on falls and related injuries.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a three-year national falls prevention program (2013-2015) with an adaptive strategy.
  • Development and application of a targeted measurement framework.
  • Nationwide promotion of two key care processes: fall risk assessment and individualized care planning for patients aged 75 and over.

Main Results:

  • A statistically significant reduction in hip fractures from 12 to 8 per 100,000 admissions, sustained for six quarters as of June 2016.
  • Increased implementation of fall risk assessments for older patients from 77% to 91% by June 2016.
  • Increased provision of individualized care plans for at-risk older patients from 77% to 95% by June 2016, alongside a 14% decrease in reported serious falls.

Conclusions:

  • The adaptive national program effectively reduced in-hospital falls and hip fractures through standardized care processes.
  • Sustained improvements highlight the success of targeted measurement and nationwide implementation.
  • A call for integrated, individualized approaches and leadership to further prevent falls in older populations across all care settings.