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Empowering Mobility in Age-Friendly Health Systems: Development and Impact of a Mobility Dashboard
Purpose:
To describe how a Mobility Dashboard was created to aggregate patient mobility metrics monthly by unit to empower bedside teams to implement and measure mobility-related quality improvement (QI) activities as part of an Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS).
Method:
A multidisciplinary team improved existing electronic health record documentation to facilitate count of mobility events and created a framework for mobility measurement. Through partnering with IT Analytics, the dashboard was built and made accessible to interdisciplinary teams to facilitate future QI efforts.
Results:
Implementation of the dashboard yielded quantifiable mobility data for all system hospitals to achieve AFHS recognition. The dashboard facilitates nursing QI initiatives. Two projects are described yielding increased mobility, reduction in length of stay, falls, and discharges to inpatient rehabilitation facilities with hospital-wide dissemination.
Conclusion:
Focus on mobility in an AFHS and enhanced access to accurate mobility data encourages nursing QI efforts and leads to measurable and improved patient outcomes.
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