“Despite decades of fall prevention efforts, patient falls remain a common cause of harm in hospitalized older adults. While fall prevention strategies have been historically championed by nurses, hospitalist physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants play a vital role in the multidisciplinary care team in ensuring the safety of our patients. Promising strategies for fall prevention include tailoring interventions to patient risk factors and individualized patient education. In addition to nursing-based interventions, the hospitalist’s role in fall prevention is to (1) identify and address potentially modifiable risk factors, (2) reinforce individualized education to patients, and (3) advise behavior choices that promote safe mobility.”

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Morris, R. L., Hill, K. D., Ackerman, I. N., Ayton, D., Arendts, G., Brand, C., Cameron, P., Etherton-Beer, C. D., Flicker, L., Hill, A. M., Hunter, P., Lowthian, J. A., Morello, R., Nyman, S. R., Redfern, J., Smit, V., & Barker, A. L. (2019). A mixed methods process evaluation of a person-centred falls prevention program. BMC health services research, 19(1), 906.

Bhasin, S., Gill, T., Reuben, D., Latham, N., Ganz, D., Greene, E., . . . Alexander, N. (2020). A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries. The New England Journal of Medicine., 383(2), 129-140.

Senderovich, H., & Tsai, P. (n.d.). Do Exercises Prevent Falls Among Older Adults: Where Are We Now? A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association., 21(9), 1197-1206.e2.
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Lee, S., & Yu, S. (n.d.). Effectiveness of multifactorial interventions in preventing falls among older adults in the community: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies., 106, 103564.
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Mackenzie, L., Beavis, A., Tan, A., & Clemson, L. (n.d.). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies with General Practitioner Involvement Focused on Falls Prevention for Community-Dwelling Older People. Journal of Aging and Health
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