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441. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Research, Outcomes Patterson BW , Repplinger MD , Pulia MS Using the Hendrich II Inpatient Fall … This study examined the utility of using the Hendrich II Inpatient Fall Risk Screen to predict outpatient … to correlate with outpatient falls, but it is likely it would have little utility as a stand-alone fall … Using the Hendrich II Inpatient Fall Risk Screen to predict outpatient falls after emergency department … Keywords: Shared Decision Making, Education: Academic, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Prevention

442. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2016 - with medication error ∗ Death associated with medical device ∗ Healthcare-associated infection ∗ Fall … with adverse drug event ∗ Death related to medical device ∗ Healthcare-associated infection ∗ Fall … STK-8 Stroke Education • STK-10 Assessed for Rehabilitation IQI 19 Hip Fracture Mortality Rate • Fall … prevention practices (PSI 08 Post-operative Hip Fracture Best Practice Detail Form) IQI 20 Pneumonia

443. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Case Study, Elderly, Falls, Injuries and Wounds, Prevention, U.S. … evidence on screening for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation with electrocardiography (ECG) and stroke prevention … Heart Disease and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions, Screening, Evidence-Based Practice, Guidelines, Prevention … Cardiovascular Conditions, Comparative Effectiveness, Evidence-Based Practice, Heart Disease and Health, Prevention

444. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - POLST Order in Place Oxygen Therapy Catheter or Ostomy Present Stage II or > Pressure Ulcer Fall … 14 10 0 Table (continued)   Reason for Transfer Resident Injury: Fall … Related Injury: Not Fall Related Musculoskeletal Symptoms Abnormal Labs or Anemia Fever/Possible … Injury Non-Fall-Related Injury Abnormal Lab Results Fever/Possible Infection Malaise/Fatigue … Enables clinicians to track patterns, follow up on areas of decline, and monitor progress of new prevention

445. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - This “Putting Prevention into Practice: An Evidence Based Approach” case study, is based on the U.S. … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), Screening, Prevention, Cancer, Case Study, Primary Care … pediatric sepsis and support site-specific surveillance to complement ongoing initiatives to improve sepsis prevention

446. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights: Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Teamwork and Leadership (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2024 - They standardized the structure and process of fall risk reduction at the organizational level. … Thus, MTS processes predicted fall-related outcomes. … type and fall outcome. … Using a gait belt during an assisted fall decreases the odds of injury. … that even the largest healthcare organizations typically have only one person in the PSO role for the prevention

447. Transcript: Senior Leadership Podcast – What Does It Mean To Be Engaged? (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2017 - Senior Director Infection Prevention Novant Health Winston-Salem, NC Jennifer A. … They understand what our best practices are for prevention. … We look at falls, skin breakdown, CLABSI prevention, and CAUTI prevention. … When we get a CLABSI, CAUTI, VTE fallout, skin breakdown, or a fall with injury, it is presented as … We haven't had a fall with injury for I think 7 months.

448. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2012 - influenza immunization OR universal protocol Patient Safety Committee Root cause analysis, FMEA Fall … prevention Etc., etc., etc … * December 2010 AHRQ Survey * * Fall 2010 Duke Patient Safety Course December 2010 AHRQ

449. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - , Substance Abuse Nelson HD , Denneson LM , Low AR Suicide risk assessment and prevention … Suicide risk assessment and prevention: a systematic review focusing on veterans. … Keywords: Alcohol Use, Hospital Discharge Hoffman GJ , Hays RD , Shapiro MF The costs of fall-related … The researchers estimated expenditures for fall-related injuries (FRIs) among older Medicare beneficiaries … The costs of fall-related injuries among older adults: annual per-faller, service component, and patient

450. Nebraska Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - the University of California, San Diego, whose AHRQ-funded research provided the basis for the VTE prevention … The toolkit advises hospitals to establish a VTE prevention protocol for assessment of patients' risk … "We will continue to discuss VTE prevention with the medical and nursing staff until VTE prophylaxis

451. Module2 (doc file)
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     June 01, 2017 - Senior Director Infection Prevention Novant Health Winston-Salem, NC   Jennifer A. … They understand what our best practices are for prevention. … We look at falls, skin breakdown, CLABSI prevention, and CAUTI prevention. … When we get a CLABSI, CAUTI, VTE fallout, skin breakdown, or a fall with injury, it is presented as a … We haven't had a fall with injury for I think 7 months.

452. Module2 (doc file)
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     June 01, 2017 - Senior Director Infection Prevention Novant Health Winston-Salem, NC   Jennifer A. … They understand what our best practices are for prevention. … We look at falls, skin breakdown, CLABSI prevention, and CAUTI prevention. … When we get a CLABSI, CAUTI, VTE fallout, skin breakdown, or a fall with injury, it is presented as a … We haven't had a fall with injury for I think 7 months.

453. Recovering After Hip Fracture Surgery (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - Hip Replacement Sometimes a hip bone breaks as a result of an accident or a fall. … Other times, the hip bones become very weak and a bone can break on its own, causing a fall. … for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Call, Don’t Fall! … ■ You may be lightheaded and could fall. ■ Press the call button. … ■ If you have small pets, they can cause you to trip or fall.

454. Table 10: Outcome Indicators by Selected Home and Community-Based Services 1915(c) Waiver Services Offered, 2005 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Table 10: Outcome Indicators by Selected Home and Community-Based Services 1915(c) Waiver Services Offered, 2005 Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Introduction HCBS Population …

455. EvidenceNOW in Action | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - Implementing Evidence-based Heart Health Care in Asheville "Cardiovascular disease prevention has the

456. No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (May 5, 2015) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (May 5, 2015) Slide Presentation Slide 1 No More CAUTI - Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Elizabeth Mizerek, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, FN-CSA Assistant Professor of Nursing Mercer County Community College Slide 2…

457. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

458. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 1 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Module 2 focuses on communicating changes in a resident’s condition, and Module 3 covers falls prevention … The resident may have had a fall and may have a broken bone or have worsening arthritis with increased … Falls Risk A fall is defined as “involuntarily coming to rest on a lower surface,” whether it is an … There are many things that can cause a fall, including things in the environment (like lighting, slippery … have their sleeping and waking times mixed up, and after being up talking all night, they finally fall

459. Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Adverse Events, and Costs (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2004 - Introduction Certain medications have been identified as risk factors for fall-related injuries, … Fall-contributing adverse effects of the most frequently prescribed drugs. … Health care utilization and costs in a Medicare population by fall status. … Society, British Geriatrics Society, and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention … Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons.

460. Search Evidence-Based Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2024 - Type: Rapid Evidence Product Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University Report Status: Final Prevention