Standardizing Falls Reporting: Using Data From Adverse Event Reporting to Drive Quality Improvement

Abstract

The PA-PSRS falls reporting program's standardized definition of falls offers new analytic reports that include falls rates with benchmarking data and a falls dashboard. The benchmarking data allow hospitals to compare themselves to peer hospitals statewide. The newly expanded PA-PSRS falls reporting program has turned an adverse event-reporting program into a quality improvement tool.