WEBINAR overview

Fall Prevention in Behavioral Health

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speaker
Caroline Stegeman 
RN, BSN, MJ, ONC, CPHRM, CPSO
Director of Patient Safety
When faced with prevention of falls in the behavioral health population, organizations are challenged with identifying the proper tools and deploying appropriate strategies that are effective.  

During this presentation we will review various fall risk identification tools, factors that contribute to patient falls in the behavioral health population and strategies to prevent falls. 
This program is presented by the Hospital Services of Louisiana, Inc (HSLI). This program has been approved for 1.0 CEU hours by HSLI for the complete attendance of the program. 

Objectives

1

Identify factors contributing to patient falls in behavioral health.

2

Identify fall risk assessment tools for behavioral health population.

3

Review key prevention strategies related to the behavioral health population. 

Meet Our Speaker

Caroline Stegeman  RN, BSN, MJ, ONC, CPHRM, CPSO

Director of Patient Safety

Caroline Stegeman, RN, BSN, MJ, ONC, CPHRM, CPSO, has more than 30 years of nursing and clinical risk management experience in a variety of healthcare settings. 


She has extensive experience in the management and handling of patient safety issues/ incidents, clinical and environmental risk assessments, root cause analysis, regulatory and industry best practices (TJC, CMS, DHH), hospital emergency preparedness and disaster management, and quality improvement initiatives. 


As Director of Patient Safety, Ms. Stegeman works closely with LHA Trust Funds members to provide patient safety recommendations and put them into practice to reduce risk. She speaks on many different patient safety and risk management subjects, including risk assessment, emergency preparedness, disaster management, and quality improvement.