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61. Mutual Support: Obstetric Hemorrhage - PowerPoint Presentation
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    July 01, 2023 - Williams has a heart rate of 126 and blood pressure of 102/56. … Williams is still having vaginal bleeding, her blood pressure has dropped to 102/56, and she is tachycardic … Williams is still having vaginal bleeding, her blood pressure has now dropped to 102/56, and she is tachycardic … I immediately went to see her when her blood pressure began dropping. 36 36 L&D Director Dr. … I immediately went to see her when her blood pressure began dropping.” 36 Obstetric Hemorrhage DESCR

62. 3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - patient lacks sensation to feel pain or has had a breakdown in the past and if epidural/spinal pain medications

63. On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits Functional Specs (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2017 - medications: MDS data element for medications, medication administration record (MAR), or other vendor … IF any high-risk medications are active within ≤7 days of report date, then High-Risk Medications is … active medications. … Include over-the-counter medications; exclude PRN medications. 44 High-Risk Change in Condition … Polypharmacy: ≥15 Medications 6.

64. Module 3: Best Practices in Fall Prevention—Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - For example, on a geriatric psychiatry ward, orthostatic hypotension due to medications may be a fall … Slide 18: Key Risk Factors for Falls Medications: Patients taking a large number of medications … that could cause sedation, confusion, impaired balance, or orthostatic blood pressure changes are at

65. 3. Which fall prevention practices do you want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - Medications: Patients on a large number of prescription medications, or patients taking medicines that … could cause sedation, confusion, impaired balance, or orthostatic blood pressure changes are at higher … These patients should have their medications reviewed, as medications can both contribute to agitation … High-Risk Medications Patients on high-risk medications (go to Tool 3I, "Medication Fall Risk Score … Routine assessment and documentation of orthostatic blood pressure and pulse changes.

66. AHRQ-Funded Studies Highlight Benefits of Postpartum Care Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - postpartum care recently included:   A  study  published in  Obstetrics and Gynecology  on postpartum home blood … pressure monitoring, also based on the systematic review, found postpartum home monitoring significantly … reduced the risk of unplanned hypertension-related hospital admissions and cut racial disparities in blood … pressure data collection by nearly half.

67. Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - A 1.6% increase in blood pressure control—an important finding, given decreasing national rates of … blood pressure control.

68. NPSD Chartbooks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2023 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Search all AHRQ sites Search small Search Menu …

69. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices (doc file)
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    January 01, 2016 - Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices Module Aim The aim of this module is to support your efforts to measure and monitor pressure injury rates and pressure injury prevention practices. Module Goals The goals of …

70. Mutual Support: Obstetric Hemorrhage (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - Williams’ has a heart rate of 126 and blood pressure of 102/56. … Williams is still having vaginal bleeding, her blood pressure has dropped to 102/56, and she is … Williams is still having vaginal bleeding, her blood pressure has now dropped to 102/56, and she is … I immediately went to see her when her blood pressure began dropping. 3332 L&D Director Dr. … I immediately went to see her when her blood pressure began dropping.” 39                              

71. Alastair McGregor | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2020 - Resources Alastair McGregor Patient and Clinician Videos A close call with blood … pressure medicine led this patient to always ask questions and talk with his doctor.

72. Diagnostic Safety Grants Awarded in FY 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - current evidence, diagnostic practices, and outcomes for the problems of unintentional weight loss, high blood … pressure, and sepsis. … the clinical problems above, based on analysis of EHR data; existing evidence, including from a home blood … pressure monitoring screening study; and input and consensus among clinicians and patients.

73. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2004 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Search all AHRQ sites Search small Search Menu …

74. Advancing Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - instructions for nurses to help patients understand after-hospital care instructions, including how to take medications … Educating Patients About Medication Safety Blood thinning medications such as warfarin are used to … To help patients use these medications safely, AHRQ released two bilingual tools, a patient booklet entitled

75. Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2017 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Search all AHRQ sites Search small Search Menu …

76. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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77. Puh-Assessment (doc file)
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    April 08, 2016 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessment The On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessment incorporates elements from the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT) with additional standardized treatment and intervention descriptors. The On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assess…

78. Puh-Assessment (pdf file)
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    December 15, 2016 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessment The On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessment incorporates elements from the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT) with additional standardized treatment and intervention descriptors. The On-Time Pressure Ulc…

79. AHRQ Views: The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency To Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2023 - ET will highlight two EPC reports: Postpartum Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Postpartum Treatment … AHRQ in the Professional Literature Initiation of psychotropic and opioid medications after hospital

80. Patient Safety and Quality Areas | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2018 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Search all AHRQ sites Search small Search Menu …