Falls report fields

Patient Code

Code of the patient who had a fall during the specified period. The codes are assigned to patients in Patient>General>Basic.

Patient Name

First and last name of the patient who had a fall during the specified period.

SOC Date

The patient's admission date. This date is obtained from the current admission date in Patient>General>Admissions & Status. If the fall happened before the patient's admission date, the SOC Date field will be blank.

Fall Date

The date when the fall occurred. If the fall date is not known, the date the fall is documented will be displayed followed by the asterisk (*) indicating the exact date is unknown.

Injuries

The documentation of injuries caused by a fall. If a patient had no documented injuries, the <None apparent> value is displayed in this column.

Observed By Clinician

Indicates whether the clinician observed the fall.

Reported By: Patient\PCG\Other

Indicates the person who reported the patient's fall. Several selections are available:

• Patient – Displays Yes if the patient reported the fall personally.
• PCG – Displays Yes if the patient's primary caregiver reported the fall.
• Other – Displays documented information about the person who reported the fall.

Physician

The name of the physician who was notified about the patient's fall.

By

The name of the person who notified the physician about the fall.

Date/Time

Date and time of the fall notification. If only a date was entered in the Falls window, the

Time field is blank on the report.

Comments

Additional comments related to the documented fall.