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  1. Archived: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dementia-older-adults-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Recommendation Statement Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 1996 January 01, 1996 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. govern…

  2. PowerPoint Presentation

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-slides-final508.pptx
    June 02, 2025 - contraindicated, or are not taken as prescribed According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Martin – 63-year-old female following up after reconstructive surgery for fractured skull from a fall

  3. Agitated Delirium Contributes to Missed Testing and Delayed Diagnosis of Gastric Perforation | PSNet

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    June 28, 2023 - 16,17 Due to the high incidence of delirium among hospitalized patients, strategies for surveillance, prevention … , and management should be implemented for older adults. 16,17 Delirium prevention and care bundles, … delirium or worsening agitation. 19 Currently, there are no recommended pharmacologic treatments for prevention

  4. Referrals and Care Coordination | The Academy

    integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/opioid-use-disorder/implement-mat-for-oud/referrals-and-care-coordination
    December 01, 2023 - https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/index.html . … Assessment Tracking Patient Outcomes Recovery Plans for Recurrence of Use Prevention

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 10, 2024 - We are interested in whole healthcare, quality of life, patient experience, and prevention of patient … As we all experience healthcare, we consider how we can minimize unplanned care and maximize prevention … Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures that we use, including chronic care prevention

  6. Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apology, and Resolution (CARe) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    August 01, 2017 - of Registration in Medicine, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention … study period ended in December 2015, and analysis continues with publication of the data expected in Fall … Boston, MA: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors; 2006. 3.

  7. Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? | PSNet

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    January 17, 2018 - June 21, 2016 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

  8. Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2002 - same bone density because of increasing risk from other factors, such as bone quality and tendency to fall … having been hospitalized in the previous year, previous fall, body mass. Table 2. … Osteoporosis: Clinical Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment. … Consensus statement on prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. … Physician’s Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis.

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2015 - patients believe clinicians should be held accountable for basic safety practices, such as hand hygiene, fall … Nevertheless, the scope of behaviors that fall under individual accountability is still controversial

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33824/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2016 - This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a 200% increase in opioid overdose

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 01, 2012 - In Conversation With… Nicholas G. Castle, MHA, PhD August 1, 2012 In Conversation With… Nicholas G. Castle, MHA, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2012. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-nicholas-g-castle-mha-phd Editor's note: The topic of patient safety in long-term care facilities has not received the attent…

  12. Discharged Blindly | PSNet

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    October 26, 2022 - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73899/psn-pdf
    September 29, 2021 - outcomes and safety, it is important to focus on the needs of vulnerable patients with challenges that fall … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Center for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 30, 2023 - dynamic reality, reorienting focus from performance measures of harm to measures that reflect risk prevention … nursing homes across the United States to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention … leadership, and governance—ensuring that there is a core value and non- negotiable commitment to the prevention … with our work to radically reorient our thinking and approach to safety to place more emphasis on prevention

  15. Crosscutting Hi Impact (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting_hi_impact.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - prevention design such as nonskid floor surfaces, extra handrails, more aisle lighting, bedside commodes … If the onus of improving patient adherence does fall on the provider, staffing levels might change, … support rural primary care providers in developing knowledge about diseases that would typically fall … prevention measures such as nonskid floor surfaces, handrails, aisle lighting, and bedside commodes … can increase the risk of incorrect or missed diagnoses. 35 Furthermore, in an effort to reduce fall

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73146/psn-pdf
    April 28, 2021 - Open Communication between the Clinic and Patient Clear communication provides a critical role in the prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reviewed March 11, 2019.

  17. Facilitator Guide: Science of Safety Training & Identifying Defects (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_scienceofsafety_facnotes.docx
    December 01, 2017 - operational event or situation that you would not want to happen again—an unsafe condition, a patient fall

  18. The LifePoint National Quality Program Provides Structured Framework for Reducing Inpatient Harm | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - Preventing Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) Outside of the Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Bundle,” Prevention … May 29, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention

  19. Improving Patient Safety by Engaging Patients and Families (pdf file)

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    April 30, 2025 - error and engaging patients in organizational learning from such events; • Prioritizing of error prevention … The first project developed the Fall TIPS tool, which decreased fall rates to 3.22/1,000 patient days … Patient feedback showed that patients were more likely to believe they needed a fall prevention plan … from falling, so the investigators integrated the ABCs of harm into both the electronic and paper Fall … Other themes were that health maintenance for acute survival took precedence over long-term prevention

  20. Advancing Population and Public health Reporting and Outcomes with Vaccination data Exchange (APPROVE) – Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs028693-rajamani-final-report-2023.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - Training needs were identified and was addressed by the MIIC program through webinar series (Fall 2022 … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). … Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Data Modernization Initiative. (2022). … Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
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