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Using a Medical Intranet of Things System to Prevent Bed Falls in an Acute Care Hospital: A Pilot Study
BACKGROUND: Hospitalized patients in the United States experience falls at a rate of 2.6 to 17.1 per 1000 patient-days, with the majority occurring when a patient is moving to, from, and around the bed. Each fall with injury costs an average of US $14,000. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to conduct a technol...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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JMIR Publications
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5438463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28473306 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.7131 |