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Quality Improvement (QI)-Plan Explanation Student Name Institutional Affiliation Date Quality Improvement-Plan Explanation Patient’s falls in hospitals are common and range from 2-7 falls per every 100 patients. Based on week three and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the falls have been linked with most deaths among old aged patients of 65 years and above. The Joint Commission back in 2014 provided the solution to the falls but didn’t necessarily extrapolate to what a fall program would include. A fall program contains but not limited to a department specific or hospital-wide prevention policy and experts support. The Joint Commission spearheaded the Robust Process Improvement which a brainchild of several organizations within the USA. From the results, it was evident that two tactics can be employed to reduce the falls. First involves holding the staff accountable for having knowledge about the safety measure and doing rounds on patients. Some resources endorsed in the paper include the Six Sigma and Lean. The objectives of the project involve the conjunction between the Quality Initiatives or Improvement (QI) programs with the specific hospitals fall prevention plans. Research has shown ways to explore and identify both the intrinsic and extrinsic risk which contribute to falling of patients (Pearson & Coburn, 2011). In order to reduce the incidence and improve the reimbursement care, the goal of the QI plan is to provide a recent protocol that will counter the patients falls. The plan lays out a conclusive teaching method and support for the continual improvement of both the patients and care providers. So one question comes out, does the
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