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Collaborative Calls are a forum for education and discussion between the research team and participating hospitals. Collaborative calls are now quarterly on the dates/times listed below. Expand a button to access a summary of each call for that year.

April 23, 2019 – What’s in a Rate?
- The Tension Between Promoting Mobility and Preventing Falls in the Hospital
January 22, 2019 –Team Rounds/Huddles and No-Fall Huddles

October 23, 2018 – Sustaining Your Momentum!
July 17, 2018 – In-House Communication about Falls and System Learning
April 24, 2018 – Auditing Interventions: A Key Coordinating Team Process
January 23, 2018 – Best Practices in Post-Fall Assessment

October 24, 2017 – Reflect Within Teams When Fall Risk Assessment Fails
July 25, 2017 – Screening Hospital Outpatients for Fall Risk and Optimizing Learning from Falls using KNOW Falls
April 18, 2017 – Right CVA and Orthostatic Hypotension as Fall Risk Factors
Jan 24, 2017 – Spotlight on How Falls Discovered and Choosing a Fall Risk Assessment Tool

Oct 18, 2016 – Learning by Understanding Complex Systems and Spotlight on Falls in the Shower
Jul 19, 2016 – Learning, Benchmarking, and Interpreting the Teamwork Perceptions Questionnaire
Apr 19, 2016 – State of the CAPTURE Falls Collaborative

Dec 15, 2015 – Expanding and Sustaining CAPTURE Falls in Nebraska video webinar
June 23, 2015 – Effectiveness of fall risk reduction coordinating team was associated with fall rates
March 24, 2015 – Changes in Fall Rates and Sensemaking in Post-Fall Huddles
January 27, 2015 – Continuing to Learn—Association between Bed Type and Level of Harm

September 23, 2014 – Sustainment through Learning
July 22, 2014 – Structures and Processes that Produced Outcomes
June 24, 2014 – Progress in Safety Culture and Next Steps
April 22, 2014 – Progress and Next Steps
March 25, 2014 – Fall Risk Assessments…what are hospitals using and how good are they at assessing risk?
February 25, 2014 – Community Discussions/Feedback
January 28, 2014 – Lessons Learned from Aggregating Fall Events Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2013 and Discussion: Priorities for Sustaining the Project

November 26, 2013 – Lessons Learned from CAPTURE Falls and Discussion:Barriers and Successes Delivering Patient/Family Education and Managing Transitions in Care for Patients at Risk of Falls and/or Frailty
October 22, 2013 – Second Update on Post-Fall Huddles
September 24, 2013 – National Fall Prevention Awareness and Big Ideas for Implementation
August 27, 2013 – National Fall Prevention Awareness Day and Tips for Teamwork Perceptions Questionnaire Interpretation
July 23, 2013 – Results from Teamwork Perceptions—Fall Risk Reduction Survey and Lessons to Share from Hospitals
June 25, 2013 - More Lessons Learned from Event Reports
May 28, 2013 – Update on Post-Fall Huddles
April 23, 2013 – Updates and Potential Relationship Between Falls and CAUTI
March 26, 2013 – Initial Lessons Learned from Event Reports
February 26, 2013 – Case Study: Implementing a Fall Risk Reduction Program
January 2013 - Case Study: Choosing a Fall Risk Assessment
- Use the Test Performance Measure Worksheet for a step by step process to calculate sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of various fall risk assessments
November 2012 - Post Fall Huddle
October 2012 - Event Reporting