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  1. Perceptions of pediatric hospital safety culture in the United States: an analysis of the 2016 Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. | PSNet

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    January 19, 2022 - October 11, 2010 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  2. 018-Revision-Summary-Contact-Precautions (doc file)

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    October 01, 2024 - Contact precautions are typically used as part of a MRSA prevention bundle—including not only contact … Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance and SHEA/IDSA/APIC practice recommendations … for MRSA prevention in acute care hospitals include use of contact precautions for patients colonized … Rationale and Evidence Regarding the Use of Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention · Observational studies … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  3. Survey on Patient Safety (facility version) (doc file)

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    June 02, 2025 - · “Patient safety” is defined as the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events … Things “fall between the cracks” when transferring patients from one unit to another (1 (2 (3 (4

  4. Oklahoma | The Academy

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    April 01, 2023 - Patients appear to be meeting the goals of retention in treatment, relapse prevention, and maintenance … Meeting November 18, 2019 Toronto, CA AcademyHealth Medicaid Medical Directors Network Annual Fall

  5. 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/slides.html
    December 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Facilitator Training … Slide 1: Overview of On-Time AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention … Facilitator Training Overview of On-Time Slide 2: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Facilitator … Falls Prevention. Prevention of Avoidable Hospitalizations. … Prevention Programs: Reviews information on existing prevention programs.

  6. Survey on Patient Safety (facility version) (pdf file)

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    June 02, 2025 - • “Patient safety” is defined as the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events … Things “fall between the cracks” when transferring patients from one unit to another ..............

  7. Statistical Brief #112

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    May 01, 2011 - 3 2,383 12.0% Other striking against by object accidentally with or without subsequent fall … 4.4%   783 3.9% Struck by/against an object accidentally in sports without subsequent fall … 22,099 3.6%   168 0.8% Struck by/against other object accidentally without subsequent fall … or stumbling (E885.9)   18,554 2.9%   16,546 2.7%   2,008 10.1% Unspecified fall … (E888.9)   12,634 2.0%   10,135 1.6%   2,499 12.6% Fall resulting in striking

  8. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)

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    August 01, 2014 - Although ED physicians felt he had simple bruising from the fall, they noted that he was in severe pain … common soft tissue infections (as in this patient where it appeared he had simple bruising after his fall

  9. Examples of Urinary Incontinence-Focused Patient Participant Newsletters (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2023 - This website provides information about an agency sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … VoicesForPFD.org/Bladder-Control/Prevention – This site was created by American Urogynecologic Society … https://healthunlocked.com/SimonFoundationForContinence https://www.voicesforpfd.org/Bladder-Control/Prevention

  10. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    September 13, 2018 - Final Research Plan Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention … counseling interventions to promote a healthful diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention … Therefore, the current review will not examine the evidence targeted solely at diabetes prevention among … of exercise) Interventions providing controlled diets Counseling interventions aimed at diabetes prevention … , falls prevention, depression, cognitive functioning, or disease prevention other than CVD Prenatal

  11. Client Functioning Measures and Gaps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    June 01, 2010 - following three subdomains: functioning in daily activities; social role functioning; and health promotion/prevention … Finally, with regard to avoidable hospitalizations, AHRQ has developed a set of Prevention Quality Indicators … The Prevention Quality Indicators would require additional testing and/or modification to determine their

  12. Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/penicillin-allergy.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). October 2017.

  13. Technology as a Tool for Improving Patient Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/technology-tool-improving-patient-safety
    April 26, 2023 - A vision-based approach for fall detection using multiple cameras and convolutional neural networks: … a case study using the UP-Fall detection dataset. … November 27, 2023 Perspectives on Safety Suicide Prevention … Interview In Conversation with Edwin Boudreaux about Suicide Prevention

  14. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    February 25, 2020 - Some of the suggested studies investigated the prevention of cognitive impairment by controlling risk … Systematic review: factors associated with risk for and possible prevention of cognitive decline in later … Designing prevention programmes to reduce incidence of dementia: prospective cohort study of modifiable … Dementia prevention, intervention, and care. Lancet . 2017;390(10113):2673-2734. 13. … Statin use for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: U.S.

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2009 - In Conversation with…Robert M. Wachter, MD October 1, 2008 In Conversation with…Robert M. Wachter, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2008. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withrobert-m-wachter-md Editor's note: At the University of California, San Francisco, Robert M. Wachter, MD, is Professor and Chief of the…

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49720/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2014 - year-old man with a history of untreated hypertension presented to the emergency department (ED) after a fall

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2007 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#references https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#references prophylaxis would normally fall … So we fall back to the history: did the patient mention the mass or abdominal pain? … Prevention of venous thromboembolism: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic … The surgical infection prevention and surgical care improvement projects: national initiatives to improve

  18. Table 13C: Medicaid-Only HCBS Participants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab13c.html
    December 01, 2012 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Table 13C: Medicaid-Only HCBS Participants Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Introduction HCBS Population Availability and Use of State Medicaid HCBS Outcome Indicators for…

  19. Table 13F: HCBS Population Ages 18-64 Without I/DD or SMI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab13f.html
    December 01, 2012 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Table 13F: HCBS Population Ages 18-64 Without I/DD or SMI Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Introduction HCBS Population Availability and Use of State Medicaid HCBS Outcome…

  20. Health Information Technology. | PSNet

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    August 21, 2016 - Special or Theme Issue Health Information Technology. Citation Text: Health Information Technology. Am J Manag Care. 2014;20(spec 17):492-554,e1-e31. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Download PDF Share Facebook Twitter …
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