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81. Fallpxtool2C (doc file)
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    January 28, 2013 - This tool can be used to describe key processes in your organization where fall prevention activities … Have the Implementation Team identify and define every step in the current process for fall prevention … Identify key processes involving fall prevention. … Examples of processes might include initial fall risk factor assessments (e.g., when does it occur, who … If a process does not exist (for example, there is no process to assess fall risk factors upon admission

82. Fallpxtool3H-Update (doc file)
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    March 04, 2021 - 3H: Morse Fall Scale for Identifying Fall Risk Factors Background: This tool can be used to identify … Development of a scale to identify the fall-prone patient. Can J Aging 1989;8:366-7. … HealthCare Fall Prevention Task Force may be found at www.brighamandwomens.org/Patients_Visitors/pcs … Morse Fall Scale Item Item Score Patient Score 1. … Development of a scale to identify the fall-prone patient. Can J Aging 1989;8;366-7.

83. Fallpxtool1E (doc file)
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    January 28, 2013 - Needs Assessment Background: The purpose of this tool is to identify resources that are available for a fall … prevention program. … Use this tool to ensure that all resources needed for launching a fall prevention program are available

84. Fallpxtool2G (doc file)
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    January 28, 2013 - Use this tool to ensure you have not skipped any essential steps in your fall prevention efforts. … Necessary training and resources in place for team to get started Assessment Current state of fall … prevention practice and knowledge assessed Current practice and policies systematically examined

85. Fallpxtool1F (doc file)
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    January 28, 2013 - Use this tool to ensure you have not skipped any essential steps in your fall prevention efforts. … A leader has been identified for the fall prevention effort.

86. Fallpxtool5A (doc file)
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    January 29, 2013 - Postfall Assessment for Root Cause Analysis” to develop a template to be filled out when reporting a fall … investigations recorded When patients are reported as having x rays or other investigations after a fall … Environmental factors Buzzer/bell available within reach before fall Highlight whether there is an … First fall this admission or repeat fall Balance resources between preventing initial falls and secondary … prevention.

87. Fallpxtool6A (doc file)
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    January 01, 2007 - Background: This tool can be used to identify sustainability issues in planning and implementing your fall … prevention efforts. … Use this tool to ensure you have appropriate resources and strategies in place to sustain fall prevention … Can value be measured quantitatively (i.e., decrease in injurious fall rate or maintenance of low injurious … fall rate)?

88. Fallpxtool1D (doc file)
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    January 28, 2013 - Form Background: This tool can be used to create a high-level overview of the case for implementing a fall … prevention program. … form to the senior leader who would support your program, and discuss the potential benefits of the fall … prevention initiative.

89. Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Circumstances of the fall Item 1 asks if the fall was witnessed or unwitnessed or if the resident was … Item 3 is the activity at the time of the fall. … Item 4 is staff presence at the time of the fall.

90. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2018 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Falls Prevention to help … Overview of On-Time Introduction to On-Time Falls Prevention Electronic Reports Implementation … Implementation Materials: Self-Assessment Worksheet for Falls Prevention . … Falls Prevention Electronic Reports: Instructor Guide  ( PDF File , 3 MB). … Implementation of Falls Prevention Reports: Instructor Guide  ( PDF File , 253 KB) Handouts  ( Word

91. Table 4. FMP Progression (Text Description) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Fall Response Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS Chapter 4. … Beside Box 1 is another grey box that reads "Falls RAP trigger but no fall in past 180 days." … After 6 months with no fall, review with MDS [Minimum Data Set]/Care Plan and update quarterly."

92. NPSD Data Spotlight - Falls: Associated Factors and Clinical Outcomes (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2023 - - related injuries.3 Newer evidence on fall prevention is based on elderly patients in residential … often shorter and the diverse organizational structures of hospitals impose unique challenges to prevention … prevention and intervention strategies in hospitals. … Assessment Prior to Fall (DE210) ■ Risk Factor(s) Prior to Fall (DE216) Further, for the above … Activity Prior to Fall Risk Assessment Prior to Fall Risk Factor(s) Prior to Fall Conclusions

93. Falls and Injury | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … to assist nursing facilities in providing individualized, person-centered care and improving their fall … Improving Quality of Care Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall

94. Fallpxtool3B (doc file)
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    January 01, 2006 - Scheduled Rounding Protocol Background: Hourly rounds are an opportunity to ensure that universal fall … These rounds integrate fall prevention activities with the rest of a patient’s care. … For example, components of the fall risk factor assessment can be added, such as a brief mental status … protocol can be used by staff nurses, nursing assistants, and the unit manager to ensure that universal fall

95. Challenge Competition on the Impact of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - for Improving Quality of Care was instrumental in guiding the creation of an initiative entitled “Fall … prevention compliance audits have taken place each Friday. … The “Fall Free Friday” activities resulted in a 31% decrease in acute care falls from 4th quarter 2022 … prevention program. … Includes an implementation guide to help put prevention strategies into practice.

96. Impact of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Tools: Challenge Competition | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … for Improving Quality of Care was instrumental in guiding the creation of an initiative entitled "Fall … prevention compliance audits have taken place each Friday. … The "Fall Free Friday" activities resulted in a 31% decrease in acute care falls from 4th quarter 2022

97. Chapter 5. Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … are comprehensive and always reference the fall. … Intrinsic Fall Risk Factors Slide 5. Intrinsic Fall Risk Factors (continued) Slide 6. … Intrinsic Fall Risk Factors (continued) Slide 7. Extrinsic Fall Risk Factors Slide 8.

98. Fallpxtool5B (doc file)
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    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. … Available at: www.rcplondon.ac.uk/resources/falls-prevention-resources. … This tool should be used to determine whether your hospital unit is carrying out its fall prevention

99. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2023 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention … toolkit focuses on overcoming the challenges associated with developing, implementing, and sustaining a fall … prevention program in hospitals. … toolkit assists nursing facilities in providing individualized, person-centered care and improving their fall

100. Fallpxtool3O (doc file)
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     January 01, 2008 - to investigate each fall. … PATIENT/WITNESS DESCRIPTION OF FALL: 1.1. Can you remember anything about your fall? … Did anyone witness the fall? … What were you doing at the time of the fall? … Prior to fall, were fall prevention measures in place?