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5 Million Lives Campaign. Getting Started Kit: Governance Leadership “Boards on Board” How-to Guide.
Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2008. Available at: http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/Campaign/BoardsonBoard.htm
The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice
guidelines. NGC is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in partnership with the American
Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans. Use the Search NGC feature. Type in "falls"
and Click the Submit button. Web site: http://www.guideline.gov/index.asp
Additional resources are listed below and links are provided on ECRI’s Web site for falls prevention
resources at http://www.ecri.org/falls. Falls Prevention Strategies in
Healthcare Settings. ECRI (610) 825-6000, ext. 5889, or circulation2@ecri.org
Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons 2001. American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics
Society, and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention. (http://www.americangeriatrics.org products
positionpapers/Falls.pdf.)
As a conclusion, in order to eliminate disparities in hospital systems in comparing hospital related falls with
and without injuries, it is vital that fall definitions should be standardized, reporting practices and fall
classification be consistent, so that fall rates can be calculated, and rates compared to share successful
methods of decreasing hospital falls.
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Biography
Michelle Myers Glower RN MSN, LNC, from Chicago Il. with over 20 year experience in nursing. Graduated from
Loyola University in Chicago and obtained my Graduate degree from Saint Xavier University in Nursing Education.
Areas of specialty include emergency, pediatrics and acute care. Currently in practice at Saint Mary’s
Hospital/Trinity Health System as Clinical Services Director for Heart,Vascular,Pulmonary & Orthopedics’,
in Grand Rapids Mi., I have been a Legal Nurse Consultant for 5 years and review cases across the United States
for deviations in the Standard of Care for Nursing. Married to an emergency room physician who also
practices here in Grand Rapids Mi as Medical Director for Urgent Care. I have 1 adult son who is currently
pursuing his Doctorate at the University of Wi. We have 2 dogs Gabbi and Ty.
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