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Patient Safety

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CAPTURE Falls

Our goal is to support and improve quality and safety in rural health care organizations by developing collaborative partnerships, applying systems-based thinking approaches, and translating evidence into practice.

Putting Patients First

Our team works to improve patient safety across Nebraska. Since 2012, the CAPTURE Falls program has:

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Supported 35 rural Nebraska hospitals, 33 of those being critical access hospitals, in quality improvement efforts for inpatient fall risk reduction.

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Delivered over 50 collaborative support calls to provide education and program updates to hospitals engaged with the program.

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Delivered over 40 invited or peer-reviewed presentations at regional, national, and international levels, and published six peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, contributing to generalizable knowledge of fall risk reduction in hospital settings.

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“Joining this research-based program has been key for implementing an effective patient-centered care team approach to reduce in-patient falls. ”

Rhonda Theiler, RN, BSN
Quality Nurse Manager, Perkins County Health Services

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“CAPTURE Falls has helped guide us with our Falls Prevention Program. The Road map on their website can’t be beat; there is so much information on it that you can customize and make it your own. ”

Jan Rains, RN, CPHQ
Quality Assurance Coordinator, Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center

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“The program has provided us with the necessary tools and training, eliminating the need to re-create the wheel, which is great for organizations like us with limited staff. ”

Anne Timmerman, MT, ASCP, CPHQ
Director of Quality and Safety, Franciscan Healthcare

UNMC experts in falls document COVID impact

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in prolonged and multiple stressors on the U.S. health care system – and in COVID-19 patients themselves.

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Dawn Venema