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What are some practical steps physicians can take to optimize mobility and reduce falls in hospitalized patients?

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Hospital Medicine · Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital

Falls have long been a complex challenge for clinicians, inpatient unit leaders, and hospitals/health systems in the management of hospitalized patients. The solution is nuanced and depends on many patient- and facility-related factors – no single intervention is enough on its own. Evidence from rec...

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