La pandemia de COVID-19 es una crisis sanitaria sin precedentes que afecta a las organizaciones sanitarias de todo el mundo. La Clínica FOSCAL es un hospital BPSO sin fines de lucro que brinda servicios de salud de alta complejidad, con los más altos estándares de calidad. Comprometidos con brindar una atención segura y humana para todas las personas. La organización está compuesta con un total de 21 unidades complejas de cuidados continuos.
COVID-19 is an unprecedented health crisis affecting health organizations all over the world. Clinica FOSCAL is a non-profit teaching hospital BPSO that provides highly complex and quality health services. It is committed to providing safe and humane care for all people in Latin America. The organization is comprised of a total of 21 complex continuing care units.
On April 1, 2018, Spectrum Health Care was selected by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO®) pre-designate. Spectrum Health Care is a provider of home health care with three locations across Ontario and more than 200 nursing staff members.
It is estimated that falls cost the Canadian health system $8.7 billion per year.
Older adults are hospitalized on average 22 days for falls, which exceeds other causes for admission in this population.
Nurses and other health providers have a central role to play in reducing these expenditures by leading and evaluating evidence-based falls prevention initiatives.
The aim of this Evidence Booster is to examine changes in health outcomes associated with the implementation of the RNAO best practice guidelines (BPG) Prevention of Falls and Fall Injuries in the Older Adult (2011) and Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls (2017)in two hospital Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSO)®.