As part of Lowell General’s commitment to Patients First and a progressive approach to improving quality and safety for our patients, we welcome the opportunity to display our “nursing sensitive” measures. We plan to use these results to improve our care over time.
In the care that we provide to our patients, we consistently strive to keep patients safe and to prevent falls. All levels of hospital staff have been educated regarding the Joint Commission National Patient Safety goal to reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls. Our hospital-specific falls prevention program keeps the safety of our patients foremost in our minds as we care for them.
With our fall prevention plan already in place, we put more focus on patient room location, equipment, and checks by the care team for patients assessed and reassessed as a high fall risk. We will continue to measure this and make changes to improve.
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