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September 01, 2023 - Falls Dashboard
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/falls-prevention.html
Falls Prevention
Each year, somewhere between 700,000 … fear of falling, and increased health care use. … with electronic medical records identify residents at risk for falls and prevent falls that can be avoided … Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care
Preventing falls involves managing … settings, including a primer on falls.
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October 27, 2021 - Patients in long-term care facilities are also at very high risk of falls. … Falls that do not result in injury can be serious as well. … family members, and health care staff, and may mark the beginning of a negative cycle where fear of falling … Prevention efforts begin with assessing individual patients' risk for falls. … However, non elderly patients who are acutely ill are also at risk for falls.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/falls.html
Falls
Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States … fear of falling, and increased health care use. … homes with electronic medical records identify residents at risk for falls and prevent falls that can … Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care
Preventing falls involves managing … settings, including a primer on falls.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxpresentation.pptx
October 01, 2008 - loss of confidence in mobility, reduced activity resulting in muscle weakening, and increased risk for falling … Multiple factors combine to create risk for falling. … a patient’s risk of falling is one of the root causes of falls-related sentinel events. … Falls are more likely to occur when staff members have not been apprised of a patient’s risk of falling … Transfer in and out of bed
Avoid falling (e.g., call for assistance), how to fall if unavoidable (e.g
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-mental-health-1-year-multihospital-falls
January 25, 2023 - Commentary
Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital … falls collaborative. … Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital falls collaborative … Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital falls collaborative … December 15, 2010
Primary care–relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/falls/
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module1/module1_slides_fallprev.pptx
June 16, 2017 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Preventing Falls
in Hospitals
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Module 1
Ice … The rate of falls ranges from 1.3 to 8.9 falls per 1,000 patient days or bed days. … Falls harm patients.
30% to 51% of falls result in injury. … programs reduce falls. … Preventing in-facility falls.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/elderly-falls
January 16, 2008 - Special or Theme Issue
Elderly Falls. … August 24, 2022
Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from … falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care. … January 9, 2024
Patient Safety Innovations
Preventing Falls … April 10, 2019
In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxpresentation.pptx
October 01, 2008 - loss of confidence in mobility, reduced activity resulting in muscle weakening, and increased risk for falling … Multiple factors combine to create risk for falling. … a patient’s risk of falling is one of the root causes of falls-related sentinel events. … Falls are more likely to occur when staff members have not been apprised of a patient’s risk of falling … Transfer in and out of bed
Avoid falling (e.g., call for assistance), how to fall if unavoidable (e.g
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Stalhandske2_70.pdf
March 01, 2006 - collected baseline data and analyzed their
systems for assessing and treating patients at risk for falling … by Morse: accidental falls, anticipated physiologic
falls, and unanticipated physiologic falls.13 … the
patient from falling by implementing all possible interventions for these high-risk patients. … Fear of falling and fall-related efficacy in relationship
to functioning among community living elders … Economic
dimensions of slip and fall injuries. J Forensic Sci
1996; 41: 733-746. 15. Rogers E.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/utilization-seniors-falls-investigation-methodology-identify-system-wide-causes-falls
March 26, 2014 - Study
Utilization of the Seniors Falls Investigation Methodology to identify system-wide … causes of falls in community-dwelling seniors. … Utilization of the Seniors Falls Investigation Methodology to identify system-wide causes of falls in … Root cause analysis methodology was used to identify predisposing causes of falls in geriatric patients … Utilization of the Seniors Falls Investigation Methodology to identify system-wide causes of falls in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/falling-through-crack-bedrails
April 01, 2016 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Falling Through the Crack (in the Bedrails)
PPT
Save … in the hospital.( 9 ) Preventable falls include accidental falls (14%) and anticipated physiological … falls (78%).( 9 ) Accidental falls include slips and trips caused by environmental factors such as food … Accidental falls can be prevented using universal fall precautions, which are actions taken by hospital … History of Falling □ No 0 □ Yes 25 2.
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/advances-hook_25.pdf
February 26, 2008 - Search terms and phrases included: falls, accidental falls, risk assessment, risk factors, risk
management … Accidental falls. … Accidental falls are caused by the patient slipping, tripping, or having a
mishap. … Morse indicated that accidental falls are less common,17 but a more recent report
suggests that accidental … However, they are at higher
risk for injury if an unanticipated or accidental fall occurs, so they are
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hook_25.pdf
February 26, 2008 - Search terms and phrases included: falls, accidental falls, risk assessment, risk factors, risk
management … Accidental falls. … Accidental falls are caused by the patient slipping, tripping, or having a
mishap. … Morse indicated that accidental falls are less common,17 but a more recent report
suggests that accidental … However, they are at higher
risk for injury if an unanticipated or accidental fall occurs, so they are
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/utilizing-quality-improvement-methods-prevent-falls-and-injury-falls-enhancing-resident
September 01, 2021 - Commentary
Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from … falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care. … Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from falls: enhancing resident safety … Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from falls: enhancing resident safety … January 9, 2008
Elderly Falls.
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digital.ahrq.gov/city/sioux-falls
January 01, 2019 - Sioux Falls
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January 01, 2019 - Falls Church
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January 01, 2019 - Twin Falls