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June 22, 2010 - Innovations
Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention … Hospital Readmissions and Improve Health Outcomes
March 29, 2023
Adopting the Fall … Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (TIPS) program to engage older adults in fall prevention … February 17, 2021
Effect of promoting high-quality staff interactions on fall prevention … The Safety and Quality of Long Term Care
September 1, 2011
Falls prevention
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April 26, 2023 - Compare five interventions relevant for fall prevention in long-term care settings. … Describe optimal fall prevention care processes in long-term care settings. … She
was not enrolled in a fall prevention program because she was not ambulatory. … Older Adult Fall Prevention. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). … Fall prevention in hospitals and nursing homes:
clinical practice guideline.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41886/psn-pdf
April 17, 2013 - Inpatient fall prevention: use of in-room Webcams. … Inpatient fall prevention: use of in-room Webcams. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-fall-prevention-use-room-webcams
The use of Webcams and virtual … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-fall-prevention-use-room-webcams
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ … fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46483/psn-pdf
October 04, 2017 - Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-hospitals-training-program
Falls are a primary focus of … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-hospitals-training-program
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer … /falls
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities … preventing-falls-hospitals-toolkit-improving-quality-care
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multicomponent-fall-prevention-strategy-reduces-falls-academic-medical-center
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40040/psn-pdf
December 21, 2014 - prevention intervention (written and video-based educational materials on falls
and physical therapist … The fall
prevention evidence base was also augmented by a recent study that used an individualized fall … prevention
strategy to sharply reduce falls in geriatric inpatients. … interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/another-fall
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December 01, 2011 - Implementing a Fall Prevention Program
December 1, 2011
Healey F. … Implementing a Fall Prevention Program. PSNet [internet]. 2011. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/implementing-fall-prevention-program
Perspective
Throughout the … The challenge facing health care staff is to balance fall prevention with privacy, dignity, independence … prevention opportunities are missed, and low positive predictive
value means fall prevention efforts
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April 05, 2017 - (TIPS) program to engage older adults in fall prevention in a nursing home. … October 19, 2016
Safety standards: implementing fall prevention interventions and sustaining … lower fall rates by promoting the culture of safety on an inpatient rehabilitation unit. … January 22, 2016
Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year … February 1, 2012
Falls prevention at Mayo Clinic Rochester: a path to quality care.
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January 27, 2021 - care needs), reliance on home healthcare workers instead of rehabilitation professionals, and
lack of fall … The authors recommend systems-level changes to improve fall
prevention practices, such as use of electronic … issue/using-root-cause-analysis-reduce-falls-injury-community-settings
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-implementation-strategies-use … -60-united-states-hospitals-descriptive-study
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-implementation-strategies-use
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July 10, 2008 - Prevention of fall-related injuries in long-term care: a
randomized controlled trial of staff education … Prevention of fall-related injuries in long-term care: a randomized
controlled trial of staff education … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-fall-related-injuries-long-term-care-randomized-controlled-trial-staff … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-fall-related-injuries-long-term-care-randomized-controlled-trial-staff-education … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-fall-related-injuries-long-term-care-randomized-controlled-trial-staff-education
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April 20, 2022 - This study explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of a fall
prevention … program (focused on human factors and ergonomics principles) on inpatient fall rates at one
hospital … Findings indicate that fall rates significantly increased from pre-COVID to during the
first wave of … The fall prevention program – implemented in July 2020 – led
to a reduction of fall rates, but not to
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/special-issue-falls
May 05, 2021 - in this special issue explore falls in rehabilitation settings , including nurses' role in managing fall … Root causes of adverse drug events in hospitals and artificial intelligence capabilities for prevention … March 17, 2021
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Related Resources
Infection Prevention … August 14, 2013
Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review. … March 2, 2012
Falls prevention at Mayo Clinic Rochester: a path to quality care.
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May 05, 2014 - 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 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-mental-health-1-year-multihospital-falls … This commentary relates the experience of five hospitals that implemented different fall prevention … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-fall-prevention-programs-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40181/psn-pdf
September 25, 2011 - The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three
midwestern hospitals. … The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three Midwestern
hospitals. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-serious-fall-related-injuries-three-midwestern-hospitals
In this study … prevention
strategies. … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-nonpayment-hospital-falls-and-unintended-consequences
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial
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December 23, 2016 - Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care
facilities. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities
Falls … prevention team, using patient-specific approaches to minimize fall
risk, and conducting a post-fall … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities
https: … /primer/never-events
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sentinel-event-alert
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial
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March 15, 2023 - Patient perception of fall risk and fall risk screening
scores. … Patient perception of fall risk and fall risk screening scores. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-perception-fall-risk-and-fall-risk-screening-scores
Falls in inpatient … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-perception-fall-risk-and-fall-risk-screening-scores
https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /primer/falls
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/840172/psn-pdf
November 16, 2022 - The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and
prevention of falls in children with physical and … The SMAS was developed as an adjunct
to the existing institutional fall prevention bundle and to address … Based on a fall risk assessment and the patient’s locomotion score (walk, wheelchair, crawl), they are … does not require assistance
After admission, all patients are placed on a red mobility alert until a fall … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/stoplight-mobility-alert-system-safety-and-prevention-falls-children-physical-and
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April 16, 2018 - Findings indicate that remote patient monitoring (when combined with standard fall precautions) can reduce … the incidence of falls and fall-related injuries, as well as decrease fall-related expenditures. … August 9, 2023
Assessment of a wearable fall prevention system at a Veterans Health Administration … December 7, 2022
Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates … March 16, 2022
Inpatient fall prevention: use of in-room Webcams.
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January 03, 2017 - it-possible-identify-risks-injurious-falls-hospitalized-patients
Despite limited evidence that hospital fall … prevention programs can decrease them, patient falls have been
deemed a preventable complication that … unable to pinpoint variables that identified patients likely to sustain an injury from a
hospital fall … interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial … wisdom-and-justice-not-paying-preventable-complications
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/implementing-fall-prevention-program
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December 24, 2008 - offers information and resources to guide hospitals through process change to implement and sustain fall … prevention efforts. … December 27, 2014
Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a
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March 08, 2023 - assessing the effectiveness of bedside “sitters” for agitated patients who appear to be at high fall … In general, the researchers found very-low-certainty evidence that sitters reduce fall risk in acute … All included studies had a least one methodological limitation (such as not defining what consisted a fall … to engage older adults in fall prevention in a nursing home. … January 27, 2021
Fall prevention implementation strategies in use at 60 United States