Information Completeness and Consistency of Inpatient Fall-Event Reports

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018:250:78.

Abstract

Reporting system need to correctly classify information about adverse clinical management events to develop preventative and corrective strategies. We investigated the completeness and consistency of the data, collected using the fall-event reporting system of a hospital, to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the current system.

Keywords: Event-reporting system; accidental falls; hospitals; inpatients.

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls / prevention & control*
  • Hospitalization
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Inpatients
  • Risk Management*