All documented falls, with or without injury, experienced by patients on eligible unit types in a calendar quarter. Reported as Total Falls per 1,000 Patient Days.
(Total number of falls / Patient days) X 1000
Measure focus is safety.
Target population is adult acute care inpatient and adult rehabilitation patients.
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1.5 Measure Type1.7 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)1.9 Care Setting1.20 Testing Data Sources
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1.14 Numerator
Total number of patient falls (with or without injury to the patient and whether or not assisted by a staff member) by hospital unit during the calendar month X 1000.
Target population is adult acute care inpatient and adult rehabilitation patients. Eligible unit types include adult critical care, adult step-down, adult medical, adult surgical, adult medical-surgical combined and adult rehabilitation inpatient units.
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1.15 Denominator
Denominator Statement: Patient days by hospital unit during the calendar month times 1000.
Included Populations:
•Inpatients, short stay patients, observation patients, and same day surgery patients who receive care on eligible inpatient units for all or part of a day on the following unit types:
•Adult critical care, step-down, medical, surgical, medical-surgical combined, and adult rehabilitation units.
•Patients of any age on an eligible reporting unit are included in the patient day count.
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Exclusions
Excluded Populations: Other unit types (e.g., pediatric, psychiatric, obstetrical, etc.)
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