How Compliance Committees Can Spot Hidden Fall Risks In Nursing Homes

About this episode

This episode discusses how compliance committees can enhance fall prevention strategies in nursing homes through targeted audits and practical tools.

We build on fall prevention and root cause analysis by asking compliance committees to take a deeper look at resident falls through targeted audits. We share two practical tools to guide record reviews, surface contributing factors, and strengthen a culture of safety and readiness across the whole facility. • Building on prior fall prevention conversation and resident experience • Using compliance and QAPI as an extra set of eyes • Auditing records for missed root cause signals • Focusing rev...

Topics covered

• fall prevention
• compliance committees
• nursing homes
• root cause analysis
• safety culture

Keywords

• audits
• resident falls
• record reviews
• contributing factors

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