Evaluating the use of multiteam systems to manage the complexity of inpatient falls in rural hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the implementation and outcomes of evidence-based fall-risk-reduction processes when those processes are implemented using a multiteam system (MTS) structure.

Data sources/study setting

Fall-risk-reduction process and outcome measures from 16 small rural hospitals participating in a research demonstration and dissemination study from August 2012 to July 2014. Previously, these hospitals lacked a fall-event reporting system to drive improvement.

Study design

A one-group pretest-posttest embedded in a participatory research framework. We required hospitals to implement MTSs, which we supported by conducting education, developing an online toolkit, and establishing a fall-event reporting system.

Data collection

Hospitals used gap analyses to

SUBMITTER: Jones KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6736913 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature