Fall Prevention
Healthcare facilities around the country struggle to keep their patients safe from falling. Learn about patient falls, why they happen, and how Ocuvera is working to prevent them.
Patient Falls
The Problem of Falls
Patient falls are a serious problem in healthcare facilities throughout the country. When a patient falls in the hospital, they may injure themselves, sometimes seriously. Elderly patients are at especially high risk of falling, as are patients with a variety of other conditions including traumatic brain injury, dementia, a history of falling, and more. Falls have an incalculable negative impact on patient safety and well-being. In addition, the financial cost of patient falls can be incredibly high for hospitals.
Approaches
how to prevent falls
There are many fall interventions hospitals and healthcare facilities use to improve patient safety. Fall prevention programs and policies, risk assessments, as well as certain tools and technologies can mitigate the risk of patient falls, but each approach has limitations. For example, some fall prevention devices like smart bed sensor pads can alarm when patients get out of bed, but they are often inaccurate and can’t predict falls before they happen. Remote patient monitoring is expensive and requires time and attention from nurses or technicians. Fall prevention policies like increased rounding, staff education on fall prevention, and post-fall huddles can be effective, but are a burden on staffing and nursing workload. To help overcome these shortcomings, the best fall prevention methods are used in combination with other effective strategies.
Ocuvera's Solution
innovative fall prevention
Ocuvera is a fall prevention technology that uses state-of-the-art artificial intelligence to monitor patient movements and predict when they are attempting to get out of bed. The Ocuvera system is fully automated and doesn’t require nurses or technicians to actively watch patients. The system detects with a patient is at risk of falling and sends an alert that gives nurses the ability to intervene and prevent a fall.
Ocuvera is easy for nurses to use, cost-effective for hospitals, and is proven effective at reducing falls in hospitals. Click below for more details on how the system works.
