Clinical Review
Creating a Hospital-Wide Network to Prevent Falls
Fed Pract. 2004 June;21(6):57
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Stephanie Hart-Hughes, BSc, PT, Patricia Quigley, PhD, ARNP, CRRN, Tatjana Bulat, MD, Yvonne Friedman, MA, OTR, Andrea Spehar, DVM, MPH, and Josefina Perez-Marrero, PhD
Ms. Hart-Hughes is a physical therapist for the outpatient falls clinic, Dr. Quigley is a deputy director of the clinical division of the VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, Dr. Bulat is the medical director of the outpatient falls clinic, Ms. Friedman is the coordinator of the outpatient falls clinic, and Dr. Spehar is a research assistant for the VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, all at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL. At the time of submission, Dr. Perez-Marrero was a research assistant at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center, Bay Pine, FL.
By building a strong team of dedicated professionals who approach fall risk assessment and prevention from a variety of angles, one VA hospital has found a way to foster innovation at all levels of care without overtaxing resources.