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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-2/slides.html
September 01, 2017 - Prevention Program Implementation Guide
Fall Prevention in Hospitals—Webinars
Preventing Falls … Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team. … Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
July 01, 2020 - adverse drug events, and injuries due to procedures,
as well as pressure ulcers/pressure injuries and falls … Line-Associated Bloodstream
Infections
8,500 0.3
Clostridioides difficile Infections 86,000 2.9
Falls … -9,000 -433,000,000 -1,350
Clostridioides
Infections
difficile -54,000 -932,000,000 -2,380
Falls … MPSMS In-Hospital Patient Falls
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
PSI OB Trauma in Vaginal Delivery
(PSI … MPSMS In-Hospital
Patient Falls
239,286 8.04 225,199 7.57 223,106 7.50 226,642 7.62
Obstetric
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/index.html
September 01, 2021 - Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities is an interdisciplinary … facilities to help them detect and communicate changes in a resident's condition and prevent and manage falls
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/safety-assess.html
October 01, 2020 - health care facilities can minimize such safety problems as health care-associated infections, patient falls … The toolkit:
Targets six areas of safety—infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries of
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-webcast-051623-intro.pdf
May 18, 2023 - Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Baltimore, MD
• Kathleen Woodward, M.S.P.H., The Lewin Group, Falls
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/updatedhacrateinfo.pdf
June 01, 2014 - 32,750,000
Discharges—
Based on 2010
Baseline)
2012 PFP
Measured
HACs per
1,000
Discharge
s
Falls … MPSMS In-Hospital Patient
Falls
260,000 7.80 230,000 7.16
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
PSI OB Trauma
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool1e.docx
January 28, 2013 - Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool4d.docx
January 29, 2013 - Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb8txt.html
December 01, 2017 - Patient Safety News and Events
Education & Training
Resources
The Falls … Appendix B27: Living Space Inspection
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
The Falls … Falls Engineer Instructions
Text Description of Form
The Living Space Inspection has
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-2021-webcast-intro.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Baltimore, MD
• Kathleen Woodward, M.S.P.H., The Lewin Group, Falls
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/part2.html
October 01, 2020 - We traditionally thought that a catheter was helpful in preventing falls because patients didn’t have … catheter doesn’t eliminate the urge to urinate, and tubing can actually contribute to tripping and falling … Slide 73
Catheter misperceptions:
Facilitates I&O measurement
Protects patient from falls
Protects … invasive measurement methods:
Bedpan
Urinal
Diaper
Slide 75
Protects patient from falls
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - resources to help hospitals and other providers prevent HACs, such as infections, pressure ulcers, and falls … MPSMS (2015)
Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters
1,700
0.05
Falls … MPSMS (2015)
In-Hospital Patient Falls
220,000
6.7
Obstetric Adverse Events
PSI (2014) … Bloodstream Infections
40,000
50%
50%
25%
10,000
$17,000
.185
$170,000,000
1,850
Falls … [7] The AHRQ-developed pressure ulcer toolkit and falls toolkit are online.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-compendium-self-assessment.pdf
December 01, 2023 - recommendations or
guidance specific to older
adults, such as screening
for opioid-related risks
(falls … provide
limited guidance specific
to older adults, such as
screening for opioid
related risks (falls … Screening for risk
factors associated with
opioid use in older
adults, such as falls or
cognitive … members about
the evidence regarding
specific types of risks
from opioid use in older
adults (e.g., falls
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201702.html
March 01, 2017 - Injuries from falls and immobility.
Obstetrical adverse events.
Pressure ulcers. … Improvements in 2014 resulted in an estimated 45 percent reduction in pressure ulcers, 24 percent reduction in falls
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/index.html
April 01, 2024 - More >>
Reducing Patient Falls with Evidence-based Tools
Patricia Dykes, Ph.D., R.N. … Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA “Patient falls can result in traumatic and costly outcomes. … With AHRQ funding, I’ve been able to provide hospitals and primary care practices with falls prevention
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool2g.docx
January 28, 2013 - Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Prologue_Henriksen_Vol1.pdf
July 10, 2008 - risk-binning" methodology applied across
institutions, a case-control study to determine risk factors for falls … Veterans Affairs to reduce emergency airway management
difficulties, a statewide effort to encourage falls
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html
June 01, 2022 - Research shows that close to one-third of falls can be prevented. … Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care focuses on overcoming the challenges … The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities presents an interdisciplinary … represent a patient safety problem, and they can be a signal that the resident is at increased risk for falling … condition, Module Two addresses communicating changes in a resident's condition, and Module Three Addresses Falls
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - adverse drug events, and injuries due to
procedures, as well as pressure ulcers/pressure injuries and falls … Line-Associated Bloodstream
Infections
8500 0.3
Clostridioides difficile Infections 86,000 2.9
Falls … 9,000 -$420,000,000 -1,300
Clostridioides difficile
Infections
-54,000 -$920,000,000 -2,400
Falls … MPSMS In-Hospital Patient Falls
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
PSI OB Trauma in Vaginal Delivery
(PSI … MPSMS In-Hospital
Patient Falls
239,286 8.04 225,199 7.57 223,106 7.50 226,642 7.62
Obstetric
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/implementation-guide/appendix-b.html
September 01, 2017 - Prevention Program Implementation Guide
Fall Prevention in Hospitals—Webinars
Preventing Falls