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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool5b.docx
January 29, 2013 - 5B: Assessing Fall Prevention Care Processes
Background: This sample protocol illustrates how to evaluate … whether fall prevention care processes are occurring as they should be. … This tool should be used to determine whether your hospital unit is carrying out its fall prevention
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December 01, 2023 - Implement System Administration Activities - Integrate fall risk assessment
Integrate fall risk assessment … Engage with the Patient - Discuss results of fall risk assessment
Discuss results of fall risk assessment
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Data_Submission_Dashboard_Data_2023.xlsx
January 01, 2023 - CFER-H V1.1 39,219 14.5% 2,617,691
Medication or Other Substance CFER-H V1.2 480,612 20.5% 2,617,691
Fall … CFER-H V1.1 20,445 7.6% 2,617,691
Fall CFER-H V1.2 246,758 10.5% 2,617,691
Surgery or Anesthesia CFER-H
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December 01, 2017 - Fall Response
Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS
Chapter 4.
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February 01, 2023 - Fall Response
Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS
Chapter 4.
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January 28, 2013 - Pathway for Inpatient Falls
Background: The purpose of this tool is to provide an overview of how fall
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April 01, 2024 - Falls
Fall TIPS: A Patient-Centered Fall Prevention Toolkit
This resource consists of a formal risk … program focus on overcoming the challenges associated with developing, implementing, and sustaining a fall … five-module, in-person training curriculum and a series of companion webinars on specific topics related to fall … to assist nursing facilities in providing individualized, person-centered care and improving their fall
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November 01, 2021 - No other patient
safety event was identified in the record (e.g., fall, pressure injury, medication … o Assisted or unassisted fall
o Type of injury as a result of fall
o Risk assessment prior to fall … o At risk of fall
• Healthcare-associated infection
o None
• Medication and other substance
o … Some of these explanatory statements were
related to fall and pressure ulcer events, while others were … a limited number of records
Type of Event Descriptive Text About the Event Referencing COVID-19
Fall
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hcfd.pdf
November 01, 2023 - Improving Fall Detection and Prevention
AHRQ also funded projects exploring strategies for the detection … sensor-based technology designed to
unobtrusively monitor patient activity (i.e., related to falls and fall … Firefighting to innovation: using human factors and ergonomics to tackle slip, trip, and fall risks in … By detecting falls or increased fall risk early with sensors
in the home, this new technology can act … AHRQ Investments
Examples of Project Findings
Reducing Hospital-Associated Infections
Improving Fall
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February 01, 2023 - Fall Response
Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS
Chapter 4.
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February 01, 2023 - Fall Response
Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS
Chapter 4.
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January 01, 2012 - Falls Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital … , and about 1.3 million residents in nursing facilities fall.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Teigland.pdf
March 01, 2004 - observed, “Medicare is spending billions to treat preventable (fall) injuries…at an
average cost of … Fall intervention programs
focused on individuals most at risk can reduce fall rates substantially. … Ginter and
Minn suggest that fall prevention programs must focus on resident-specific risk
factors … Importantly, the
mean fall and pressure ulcer risk scores were similar for all three groups. … • Support committee activities (e.g., quality improvement, fall, and skin
care).
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December 01, 2017 - Fall Response
Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS
Chapter 4.
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February 01, 2023 - Fall Response
Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS
Chapter 4.
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January 15, 2016 - If you find that your organization has fully operationalized QI processes, connect the fall prevention … If some processes are missing, advocate for them to be put into place in the context of the fall prevention
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Lapane.pdf
March 09, 2005 - oversedation), and 20 percent were falls.17 In long-term care
facilities, more than half of residents fall … The intervention was phased into 13 nursing homes in
the fall of 2003, with the full intervention start … Falls and
fall prevention in the nursing home. Clin Geriatr Med
1996 Nov;12(4):881–902.
25. … Fall injuries in the elderly. Clin
Geriatr Med 1985;1(3):501–12.
28. Monane M, Avorn J.
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December 01, 2017 - Fall Response
Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS
Chapter 4. … Staff gets there 50% of time before the fall
Paint medications—responded well to prescribed analgesic
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January 01, 2018 - 2 EHR Data Element: Confusion may be selected
(structured data) by intake nurse in disability or fall … 2 EHR Data Element: Confusion may be selected
(structured data) by intake nurse in disability or fall