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How connective health technology can detect and prevent the costly patient safety issue of senior falls

August 05, 2022
Business Affairs
From the September 2022 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine

Falls by the elderly are a pervasive problem across the U.S. healthcare system that may lead to emotional trauma and rising costs, but perhaps the most tragic aspect of the issue is that so many of them are preventable. With technology that links patients to their providers and caregivers, healthcare organizations can begin to reduce the individual and system-wide burdens of falls. Due to its ability to transform healthcare through lower costs, in addition to relieving healthcare’s staffing shortage, falls prevention must be emphasized at all points of the healthcare journey by all stakeholders.

About the author: Rosemary Kennedy is Connect America’s Chief Health Informatics Officer, with expertise in delivering innovative, value-based healthcare by utilizing health information technology and process redesign to improve quality, safety, costs and performance of care delivery, in the home.

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