Falls represent a major public health problem around the world and continue to be the most common adverse event in healthcare settings.The IPRO Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC), in collaboration with Dr. Pat Quigley, Nurse Consultant, invites you to participate in a patient safety webinar program beginning May 3, 2023.
The Fall and Injury Prevention webinar series features six monthly webinars, each followed by open forum/coaching sessions.
Who should attend
This program is appropriate for direct healthcare providers, managers, administrators, risk managers, educators, and researchers of any discipline who are involved in fall and fall injury prevention programs
Your participation will
- Support organizational systems and teams to expand program infrastructure and capacity;
- Help you redesign your fall prevention and injury reduction program; Complement your evaluation program; and
- Provide access to an online learning community to increase exchange of experiences, innovations, and best practice implementations.
| Date (All sessions are 2 – 3 pm ET) | Session Number/Topic |
| Wednesday, May 3 | Enhancing Capacity- Reengineering Fall and Fall Injury Programs: Infrastructure, Capacity and Sustainability View Slides Watch Recording |
| Wednesday, June 7 | Redesigning Post-Fall Management: Prevent Repeat Falls |
| Wednesday, July 5 | Best Practices to Reduce Falls Associated with Toileting |
| Wednesday, August 2 | Safe Mobility is Fall Prevention |
| Wednesday, September 6 | Population-specific Fall and Injury Fall Prevention |
| Wednesday, October 4 | Reducing Fall-related Injuries: Protective Interventions’ Evidence, Application and Success |