Implementing STEADI in Academic Primary Care to Address Older Adult Fall Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths in older adults. Objectives include describing implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) initiative to help primary care providers (PCPs) identify and manage fall risk, and comparing a 12-item and a 3-item fall screening questionnaire.

Design and methods

We systematically incorporated STEADI into routine patient care via team training, electronic health record tools, and tailored clinic workflow. A retrospective chart review of patients aged 65 and older who received STEADI measured fall screening rates, provider compliance with STEADI (high-risk patients), results from the 12-item questionnaire (Stay Independent

SUBMITTER: Eckstrom E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6016394 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature