Fewer Falls, Fewer Lawsuits: 3 Steps to Get There

Your fall prevention plan is executed perfectly, with exercise classes, non-slip floors, walking aids, and adequate lighting. So why aren't your fall rates where you want them?

It takes more than a safe environment and great staff to slash incident rates and avoid potential litigation. Better QA reporting and accessible, clear incident data could give you the power to prevent falls and improve the care you provide in your communities.

Use Senior Care Software for Better Data

The data you have on past incidents could be telling you a lot about patterns that are leading to falls within your communities. You could view possible trends in facilities, shifts, and personnel that would enable you to take action against further events.

But to access this critical information, you need much more than piecemeal data punched into a spreadsheet. You need a system that has the power to collect your data and translate it into dashboards and reports that are designed for the needs of senior living communities. Your data is there, but it needs the right manipulation to show you what you really need to know to prevent falls.

QA Reader provides the insights you need into incidents: the when, where, and how it happened. And because it integrates easily with multiple EHR systems, there’s no additional work or stress involved.

Save Nursing Hours for Patient Care, Not Typing

Your nurses are there to care for residents and help avoid incidents. A great nursing staff is an indispensable tool in avoiding falls in your communities, but only if their time is spent wisely. Sadly, nurses in many long term care communities are spending far too much time inputting data and staring at a computer screen and too little time connecting with residents.

If your incident reporting procedures aren’t user-friendly, accessible, and intuitive, your nurses could be spending hours each week on data input instead of helping residents with their safety and health care needs. A confusing or inefficient process could be costing you valuable staff time and inadvertently leading to more falls.

QA Reader saves nurses 9 hours of administrative time each week, or more than 500 hours per year — per community.

Gain Expert Insights to Learn from Your Incidents

Of course you want to avoid incidents whenever possible, but when one happens, learn from it. When a fall or serious event occurs, don’t simply record it and move on. Use the opportunity to talk it through with expert risk managers who can quickly connect with you on areas of concern and root cause analysis. Get their expertise and advice on possible training techniques.

Single communities might see an incident only once every few months, but avoiding that one event could do wonders for your quality scores. And with larger, multi-facility organizations, insight into each incident can help you identify similar problems that are occurring at other communities, helping you sidestep a number of future events across communities.

QA Reader provides real-time access to professional LTPAC risk managers, giving you the best possible chance of avoiding a similar event in the future.

How many falls could you prevent with the help of industry-leading QA software? You owe it to yourself — and your residents — to find out.