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At the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, falls constituted the second most frequently reported incident category after medication errors.
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In 2000, the local hospitals and medical groups in Madison, Wis., organized the Madison Patient Safety Collaborative - a formal effort to develop, share and implement patient safety solutions across the community.
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Sentara Healthcare, an integrated health care organization with eight acute care hospitals in Virginia, initiated a program in 2001 to prevent inpatient falls and fall-related injuries.
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Iowa Health System - an integrated system operating in Iowa and western Illinois - implemented fall prevention in pilot units at three of its hospitals.
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Staff reviewed the previous 22 injury falls in acute care settings at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Fla.
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The Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, Calif., participated in RWJF's Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) national program.
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Long Island Jewish Medical Center used its project in Prevention of Hospital Falls to build a reliable hospital-wide system for decreasing harm from falls.
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IHI published on its Web site a guide with four "promising" approaches to help hospital staff identify patients at risk for serious injury from a fall and to implement interventions to prevent or mitigate fall-related injuries.
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United Hospital in St. Paul - a part of the Allina network of hospitals and other health services - developed and tested multiple steps to reduce harmful falls.