The purpose of this study was to review 568 cases of falls in a medical center from April 2006 to December 2009 in order to compare the difference between paper and online reporting systems on adverse events of patient falls. The major results of this study were as follows: Comparing the different reporting rates on patient falls, it showed that on-line reporting rate on falls was relatively high (0.071%>0.032%; p<0.05); as for the different reporting methods on fall injury rates, it showed that online reporting falls injury rate was higher (40.0%<99.3%; p<0.05); the severity of injured falls had no significant differences (about 6.25%; p>0.05) between paper and on-line reporting methods. As a result, the study strongly suggested that medical institutions should make use of on-line reporting method for adverse events of falls, and develop prevention and monitoring measures on these falls.
The purpose of this study was to review 568 cases of falls in a medical center from April 2006 to December 2009 in order to compare the difference between paper and online reporting systems on adverse events of patient falls. The major results of this study were as follows: Comparing the different reporting rates on patient falls, it showed that on-line reporting rate on falls was relatively high (0.071%>0.032%; p<0.05); as for the different reporting methods on fall injury rates, it showed that online reporting falls injury rate was higher (40.0%<99.3%; p<0.05); the severity of injured falls had no significant differences (about 6.25%; p>0.05) between paper and on-line reporting methods. As a result, the study strongly suggested that medical institutions should make use of on-line reporting method for adverse events of falls, and develop prevention and monitoring measures on these falls.