Reducing Falls and Injuries: Insights from Hay River Health & Social Services Authority
Join Hay River Health & Social Services in the Falls Prevention Virtual Learning Collaborative, led by Quality Improvement Coordinator Sheryl L. Courtoreille. Our goals include reducing falls incidence by 40% by March 2011 and ensuring 100% of inpatients receive Falls Risk Assessments. With focused change ideas and measures, we have seen a reduction in falls, moving from 17 to 4 in just a few months. Let's share our lessons learned and discuss next steps to sustain our progress. For more information, contact Sheryl at sheryl_courtoreille@gov.nt.ca.
Reducing Falls and Injuries: Insights from Hay River Health & Social Services Authority
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Falls Virtual Learning Session # 4 & Closing Congress Team Rapid Fire Presentation Template Name of Organization: Hay River Health & Social Services Authority Name of Speaker: Sheryl L. Courtoreille, Quality Improvement Coordinator Join the Falls Prevention Virtual Learning Collaborative
Who We Are Location of Facility: Hay River Health & Social Services Authority Hay River, NWT Number and type of Patients/Residents/Clients: Number of Patients/Residents/Clients: Acute Care – 19 Extended Care – 10 Woodland Manor Long Term Care - 15
AIM From your Team Charter: • Reduce incidence of falls (fall rate) by 40% from baseline by March 2011; • Reduce injury from falls by 40% from baseline by March 2011; • For 100% of inpatients to have a Falls Risk Assessment on Admission by March 2011; • For 100% of inpatients who have fallen to have a Post Falls Prevention Injury Reduction Assessment completed by March 2011
Measures ¹ 17 falls in 3 months with 7 being Severity Level 2 ² 4 falls in last 3 months with 1 being Severity Level 2
Lessons Learned List any “key” advice or insights you would like to share with other teams?
Next Steps What are some things you will do to sustain the work on reducing falls and injury from falls and by what date?
Contact Information • Name: Sheryl L. Courtoreille, Quality Improvement Coordinator • Email: sheryl_courtoreille@gov.nt.ca • Phone Number: (867) 874 – 7168 • Website: www.hrhssa.org