Expanding the Design Space for Fall Prevention in Acute Orthopedic Hospital Care: Human-Centered Design Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In-hospital fall prevention is a complex phenomenon most efficiently addressed via a wide range of multifactorial interventions. Technology may contribute, but research in this field has so far mainly focused on detecting falls. As a result, new knowledge from a system perspective is needed regarding when and how new technologies may support fall prevention among patients who have been hospitalized.

Objective

This study aimed to explore and describe clinical practices in an acute orthopedic hospital ward for fall prevention from a system perspective; determine the needs and possibilities related to support for clinical practices for fall prevention; and test whether a framework for studying interactions between people, activities, contexts, and technologies can be

SUBMITTER: Ehn M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12531586 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature