Published on in Vol 22, No 9 (2020): September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/19516, first published .
Automated Fall Detection Algorithm With Global Trigger Tool, Incident Reports, Manual Chart Review, and Patient-Reported Falls: Algorithm Development and Validation With a Retrospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Automated Fall Detection Algorithm With Global Trigger Tool, Incident Reports, Manual Chart Review, and Patient-Reported Falls: Algorithm Development and Validation With a Retrospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Automated Fall Detection Algorithm With Global Trigger Tool, Incident Reports, Manual Chart Review, and Patient-Reported Falls: Algorithm Development and Validation With a Retrospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Elisa Dolci   1 * , MScN, RN ;   Barbara Schärer   2 * , MScN, RN ;   Nicole Grossmann   3, 4 , MScN, RN ;   Sarah Naima Musy   2, 4 , PhD ;   Franziska Zúñiga   4 , PhD, RN ;   Stefanie Bachnick   4 , PhD, RN ;   Michael Simon   2, 4 , PhD, RN

1 MediZentrum Täuffelen, Täuffelen, Switzerland

2 Nursing & Midwifery Research Unit, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

3 Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

4 Institute of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Michael Simon, PhD, RN
  • Institute of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • University of Basel
  • Bernoullistrasse 28
  • Basel, 4056
  • Switzerland
  • Phone: 1 41 612670912
  • Email: m.simon@unibas.ch