Commentary The patient who falls: "It's always a trade-off." Citation Text: Tinetti ME, Kumar C. The patient who falls: "It's always a trade-off". JAMA. 2010;303(3):258-66. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.2024. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL February 2, 2011 Tinetti ME, Kumar C. JAMA. 2010;303(3):258-66. View more articles from the same authors. Through a case study, this article reviews evidence on risk factors for and interventions to reduce falls in community-dwelling older adults. The authors also describe how to integrate such prevention strategies into clinical practice. PubMed citation Available at Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Tinetti ME, Kumar C. The patient who falls: "It's always a trade-off". JAMA. 2010;303(3):258-66. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.2024. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. February 17, 2011 Deprescribing: a simple method for reducing polypharmacy. September 6, 2017 We asked the experts: the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and the COVID-19 pandemic: recommendations for content and implementation adaptations. March 17, 2021 Surgical teams' attitudes about surgical safety and the surgical safety checklist at 10 years: a multinational survey. November 17, 2021 The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic. October 12, 2022 Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock: 2021. November 21, 2021 In situ simulation as a tool to longitudinally identify and track latent safety threats in a structured quality improvement initiative for SARS-CoV-2 airway management: a single-center study. February 22, 2023 Voluntary electronic reporting of laboratory errors: an analysis of 37,532 laboratory event reports from 30 health care organizations. April 18, 2012 Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality rates after hospital discharge. August 15, 2018 Hospital-readmission risk--isolating hospital effects from patient effects. August 20, 2018 View More Related Resources Stranded in the ER, seniors await hospital care and suffer avoidable harm. May 15, 2024 Using stakeholder intervention refinement teams to develop approaches for real-time integration of patient-reported safety information during older adults’ hospital-to-home-health care transitions. November 15, 2023 Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans May 31, 2023 Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality April 26, 2023 Healthcare-associated adverse events in alternate level of care patients awaiting long-term care in hospital. September 14, 2022 The human factors of home health care: a conceptual model for examining safety and quality concerns. June 9, 2011 8 ways to prevent medication errors in kids. May 12, 2010 Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls. February 3, 2010 Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes. September 9, 2009 WebM&M Cases Another Fall April 1, 2003 View More See More About The Topic Home Care Health Care Providers Geriatrics Patient Falls Human Factors Engineering View More
We asked the experts: the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and the COVID-19 pandemic: recommendations for content and implementation adaptations. March 17, 2021
Surgical teams' attitudes about surgical safety and the surgical safety checklist at 10 years: a multinational survey. November 17, 2021
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock: 2021. November 21, 2021
In situ simulation as a tool to longitudinally identify and track latent safety threats in a structured quality improvement initiative for SARS-CoV-2 airway management: a single-center study. February 22, 2023
Voluntary electronic reporting of laboratory errors: an analysis of 37,532 laboratory event reports from 30 health care organizations. April 18, 2012
Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality rates after hospital discharge. August 15, 2018
Using stakeholder intervention refinement teams to develop approaches for real-time integration of patient-reported safety information during older adults’ hospital-to-home-health care transitions. November 15, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans May 31, 2023
Healthcare-associated adverse events in alternate level of care patients awaiting long-term care in hospital. September 14, 2022
The human factors of home health care: a conceptual model for examining safety and quality concerns. June 9, 2011
Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls. February 3, 2010
Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes. September 9, 2009