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341. 3. What Is the Clinical-Community Relationships Measurement Framework? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlas3.html
     March 01, 2013 - Because each community is unique, the utility and relevance of the measure domains that fall into the … Socioecological model Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease … Prevention and Health Promotion. (2011). … Measures of these structural factors would fall within the service capacity domain. 3.4.2 Relationships … 3, are also essential domains of measurement for understanding clinical-community relationships for prevention

342. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/factraining.html
     December 01, 2014 - home staff generally do a good job of investigating and following up after an adverse event, such as a fall … we be sure to instruct the nursing assistant to stay close by when she was ambulating to prevent a fall … Prevention Programs . … The goal is to focus on prevention improvement. … Prevention Programs Does this describe the nursing home's prevention practices well?

343. North Carolina Uses AHRQ Quality Indicators to Inform Medicaid Decisions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - A chart easily identifies counties which fall above or below one standard deviation for the state rate … Studies Impact Case Study Identifier: CDOM-09-04 AHRQ Product(s): HCUP-Prevention

344. 6 Tk1 T5-Suspect A Urinary Tract Infection Brochure Ma Coalition Final (pdf file)
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     June 18, 2015 - is Sounding The Alarm About The Overuse of Antibiotics Developed by the Massachusetts Infection Prevention … Partnership © Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors – used with permission of … from the Coalition and the Massachusetts Infection Prevention Partnership Antibiotics Are Powerful … Non-specific symptoms such as confusion, a sudden change in behavior, fatigue or a fall may be caused … Partnership Massachusetts Department of Public Health Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of

345. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - contributing to transfer risk: use of oxygen, catheter or ostomy, any pressure ulcer other than stage I, fall … Fall risk or previous fall in last 90 days. Late-loss ADL score ≥12. … neurological, gastrointestinal/genitourinary, endocrine/metabolic/nutrition, wound and skin, injury (fall … related or not fall related), musculoskeletal, abnormal labs or anemia, fever/possible infection, malaise … teams can use the report to track patterns, follow up on areas of decline, and monitor progress of new prevention

346. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Critical Care, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Nursing, Prevention, Pneumonia … researchers examined the association between CNS medication burden and serious falls in those with a recent fall … doses, was associated with an increased risk of serious falls in nursing home residents with recent fall … AHRQ held a research summit in the fall of 2016, inviting members from a diverse collection of organizations

347. Chartbook on Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … FALL The Fall event type in CFER-H V1.2 collects reports of Incidents involving a fall. … , the use of risk assessments and of various fall prevention protocols, the data were insufficient … Fall Assistance 62.0% 38.0% Fall considered unassisted Fall known to be assisted Note: The … FALL.

348. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2015 - Prevention of approximately 87,000 deaths in the 2011 to 2014 period as a result of the decline in HACs … The earlier estimates had been wrongly based on the full cost of a hospital stay that included a fall

349. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
     November 19, 2015 - Prevention of approximately 87,000 deaths in the 2011 to 2014 period as a result of the decline in HACs … The earlier estimates had been wrongly based on the full cost of a hospital stay that included a fall

350. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2023 - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. … Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. National Action Plan for ADE prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System. … The direct medical costs of healthcare-associated infections in U.S. hospitals and the benefits of prevention … Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009.

351. Final Progress Report: Incident Reporting Practices in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - ; adverse drug events or medication errors; resident altercations or other types of abuse; and non-fall … Most of the computer-based incident reporting research has targeted prevention of incidents, such as … Falls and fall prevention in the nursing home. Clin Geriatr Med 1996;12:881-902. 7. … The effect of a menu-driven incident reporting system on the post-fall evaluation process in nursing … Studying fall risk factors among nursing home residents who fell.

352. Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for the National Action Alliance to Advance Patient and Workforce Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - on behalf of HHS, a Federal planning committee (including AHRQ, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Overview The 16-member subcommittee met four times in fall 2023 to discuss the following topics: The

353. Project ECHO | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - mentorship to nursing homes across the country to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention … As of Fall 2020, nearly one-quarter of the known COVID-19 deaths in the United States have been nursing

354. Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tests (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Harms fall into different categories such as physical, emotional/psychological, and costs: Physical

355. Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - By 2020 the estimated annual cost of fall injuries for older people will exceed $30 billion.7,8 Now that … Interventions for the Prevention of Falls in Older Adults: Systematic Review of Meta-Analysis of Randomized … A Collaborative Occupational Therapy and Nursing Approach to Falls Prevention in Hospital Inpatients. … Validation of the Hendrich II Fall Risk Model: A Large Concurrent Case/Control Study of Hospitalized

356. Fallpxtool4A (doc file)
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     January 29, 2013 - Example: Perform comprehensive fall risk assessment on admission, daily, or if condition deteriorates

357. William J. Martin II, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2015 - Martin II joined the team at the College of Public Health in the fall of 2013. … NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he served as associate director for disease prevention

358. Long-term Care Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2021 - Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention … and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities Affiliated Centers, Portfolios & Initiatives Prevention

359. Study Highlights Racism as Root Cause of Pediatric Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - depression in children and adolescents , and to assess the benefits and harms of antipsychotics for the prevention … Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates .

360. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2018 - Falls in Hospitals Toolkit Topic(s): Healthcare Costs, Quality of Care, Outcomes, Patient Safety, Prevention