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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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Autores principales: Balaguera, Henri U, Wise, Diana, Ng, Chun Yin, Tso, Han-Wen, Chiang, Wan-Lin, Hutchinson, Aimee M, Galvin, Tracy, Hilborne, Lee, Hoffman, Cathy, Huang, Chi-Cheng, Wang, C Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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