Fall Rates in Patient Populations with Remote Video Monitoring Compared to Companions

Authors

Alexandra Volpe, MaineHealthFollow
Catherine Close, MaineHealthFollow

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Description

Background: Healthcare facilities are constantly searching for new and improved interventions to minimize injury and fall rates within their units. 1:1 companions, or ‘sitters’, have been used to provide the patient with close monitoring in order to accomplish these goals. However, companions are not always a liable option for facilities due to poor staffing and increased expense in order to staff a ratio of 1 companion to 1 patient. Research has started to develop on the benefits of remote video monitoring, or ‘telesitting’, as an intervention to minimize fall risk and injury.

Publication Date

7-2024

Publisher

MaineHealth

City

Portland, Maine

Keywords

Patient Monitoring, Fall Rates, Dementia, Nursing, Fall Prevention

Disciplines

Nursing

Comments

MMCBIDSAN Summer Cohort 3

Recommended Citation

Volpe, Alexandra and Close, Catherine, "Fall Rates in Patient Populations with Remote Video Monitoring Compared to Companions" (2024). Nurse Residency. 21.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/nurseresidency/21