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Hospital Falls Are a Challenge
Since the Joint Commission published Sentinel Alert 55 focusing on fall prevention:
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The Cause
Causes are age-related: sensory impairment, chronic health conditions, unstable gait, altered mental status, and high risk medications.
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The Challenge
Seniors fall at a rate 28% higher than all others and over the next 10 years will account for 55% of hospital stays - while hospitals experience a nursing shortage.
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The Solution
With bed exits unpredictable, constant patient visual monitoring is becoming the norm. The only solutions are in-room sitters or centralized patient monitoring.
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In-Room Sitters Are Expensive
If a patient is a fall-risk and the hospital does not have a central patient observation system, a patient sitter will likely be prescribed. For an average 4.5 day hospital stay, the sitter cost can exceed $2,000.
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KnowFalls Central Patient Monitoring
The KnowFalls Patient Observation System (POS) enables a core group of remote patient observers to provide visual patient monitoring. Staff reduction is over 50% (patient sitter less central patient observers).
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KnowFalls Predicts Bed Exit Attempts
The App reduces falls by assisting patient observers in early prediction of patient bed exit attempts. After confirming the alert, the patient observer engages the patient or has the attending nurse/CNA intervene.
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