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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/bringing-communities-and-technology-together-healthy-aging/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - top- five reasons that older adults in Wisconsin leave their homes: 1) loneliness and isolation; 2) falls … ; 3) relapse from proven falls-prevention strategies; 4) loss of driving privileges; and 5) unreliable … Elder Tree and its driving, falls-prevention, and service-dependability systems will be promoted and … formerly E-CHESS) to facilitate aging in place by addressing the issues of loneliness and isolation, falls … (Upcoming)
Promote wide dissemination of Elder Tree and its related driving, falls prevention, and
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/bringing-communities-and-technology-together-healthy-aging/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - ; 3) relapse from proven falls-prevention strategies; 4) loss of driving privileges; and 5) unreliable … system to sustain the benefits of an evidence-based falls-prevention program for older adults. … Lastly, E-CHESS and its related driving, falls prevention, and service dependability systems will be … Adapt E-CHESS to facilitate aging in place by addressing the issues of: loneliness and isolation; falls … (Upcoming)
Promote wide dissemination of E-CHESS and its related driving, falls prevention, and service
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/hit-strategic-plan-sw-minnesota-health-providers
January 01, 2023 - $196,274
Principal Investigator(s)
Ness, Charles
Organization
Granite Falls … Municipal Hospital & Manor
Location
Granite Falls
Minnesota
Project Dates … Care Theme
Interoperability
The Minnesota Rural Health Cooperative, with the Granite Falls
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-and-integration-automatic-fall-prediction-system/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Status as of
December 2010
Target Population: Elderly *
Summary: Falls … Reducing the occurrence of falls can greatly improve patients’ quality of life. … to predict the risk of falls for elderly residents in assisted living facilities (ALF). … To the extent possible, information about the causes of falls will be obtained from ALF nursing staff … predicting fractal dimension and prospective falls.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs027006-sun-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Patient falls are a major cost to healthcare. … A hospital system approach at decreasing falls with injuries and cost. … Preventing Falls in Hospitals. … The scope of hospital falls: A systematic mixed studies review. … Accuracy of patient recall and chart documentation
of falls.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/fung-ch-2006
January 01, 2006 - (PCCs) will encounter more patients with geriatric syndromes, such as urinary incontinence (UI) and falls … DESCRIPTION: We developed and tested the usefulness of 2 condition-specific computerized templates (UI and falls … condition-specific templates resulted in improved history and physical exam assessment for both UI and falls … documentation and data collection for geriatric patients with conditions of urinary incontinence (UI) and falls … prompted clinicians to ask important questions and to perform physical exam elements related to Ul and falls
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs014920-bellamy-final-report-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - The Falls Collaborative resulted in an overall decrease in the rate
of falls. … The Falls collaborative grew out of the WV Patient Safety Improvement Corps (PSIC) falls-
prevention … Rates were expressed as falls per 1,000
patient days. … The falls learning collaborative demonstrated the measurable impact on
falls using the data generated … “RCAs in Falls Prevention,” Falls Collaborative, Flatwoods, WV. October 10, 2006.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-ahrqs-time-pressure-ulcer-program/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Target Population: Elderly *
Summary: Pressure ulcers and injurious falls … Substantial research has documented that prevention of pressure ulcers and falls is possible, yet these … home staff to intervene in a timely manner with at-risk residents to reduce the incidence of injurious falls … Standardized set of documentation data elements and definitions
Clinical Reports and Tracking Tools
Falls … Prevention: High Risk Report
Falls Quality Improvement Monitor Reports
The avoidable hospitalization
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/u18hs026154-crane-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - about falls in the prior year as well as falls requiring a visit
to the Emergency Department, the Narcan … The falls instrument was 2 items including
number of recent falls and fall severity as defined by requiring … We evaluated whether the falls instrument was identifying PWH who were having recent falls including … number
of falls and whether the falls instrument should be applied strictly based on age criteria or … Comorbidities and symptoms associated with falls from 2020-
2021.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-ahrqs-time-pressure-ulcer-program/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - 2009 – January 2012
AHRQ Funding Amount
$499,987
Summary: Pressure ulcers and injurious falls … Although substantial research has documented that preventing pressure ulcers and falls is possible, these … resources to help nursing home staff develop timely interventions to reduce at-risk residents’ incidence of falls
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/care-transitions-app-patients-multiple-chronic-conditions
January 01, 2023 - Care transitions are a vulnerable period for patients, leading to post-discharge adverse events, falls … Care Transitions App will incorporate components from the research team’s prior work, specifically falls-reduction … Complications, such as falls or medication errors, could lead to readmissions. … The app will facilitate pre-discharge conversations with providers, provide personalized falls-reduction … The team will study the app’s effectiveness, noting whether its use decreases falls, adverse medication
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/patient-facing-app-improve-care-transitions-hospital-home
January 01, 2023 - Complications, such as falls or medication errors, could lead to readmissions. … The app will facilitate pre-discharge conversations with providers, provide personalized falls-reduction … The team will study the app’s effectiveness, noting whether its use decreases falls, adverse medication
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-ahrqs-time-pressure-ulcer-program
January 01, 2023 - Health Care Theme
Clinical Decision Making
Pressure ulcers and injurious falls … Although substantial research has documented that preventing pressure ulcers and falls is possible, these … nursing home staff to develop timely interventions for at-risk residents to reduce the incidence of falls
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-ahrqs-time-pressure-ulcer-program/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - 2009 - January 2012
AHRQ Funding Amount
$1,699,797
Summary: Pressure ulcers and injurious falls … Although substantial research has documented that preventing pressure ulcers and falls is possible, these … home staff to intervene in a timely manner with at-risk residents to reduce the incidence of injurious falls
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/partnering-improve-patient-safety-rural-wv
January 01, 2023 - Virginia-specific PSIs (annually); 5) formation of learning collaboratives around adverse drug events and falls … The Falls Collaborative resulted in an overall decrease in the rate of falls. … WVMI staff aggregate data from participating hospitals to analyze how rates of events such as patient falls
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-sickle-cell-transitions-care-through-health-information-technology
January 01, 2023 - Location
Falls Church
Virginia
Project Dates
08/30/2012 - 05/29/2014
Technology … Location: Falls Church, Virginia Project Name: Improving Sickle Cell Transitions of Care Through Health … Location: Falls Church, Virginia Project Name: Improving Sickle Cell Transitions of Care Through Health
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/kearns-william-d
January 01, 2023 - Name
Evaluation and Integration of an Automatic Fall Prediction System
Of falls … Of falls and fractals: my career with my mentor, colleague and friend, Professor James L. Fozard.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/hit-aging-adults-slides-071717.pdf
July 17, 2017 - Elders
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Isolation &
loneliness
Local events
Transport there
Clinicians
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Falls … Prevention
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Falls Assessment
Tailored Balance Exercises
Transportation
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Monitor Driving
Map … Eligibility Criteria
Older adults (65+)
≥2 IADL
≥2 risk factors for nursing home admission:
falls … = 306/390 – (78%)
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Quality of life p = .043
Bonding p = .007
Depression p = .023
Falls … Recurrent falls without headstrike. No abd pain or dysuria.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-outcomes-related-patients-through-advanced-nursing-technology
March 31, 2023 - and reduce costs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has stopped reimbursing for patient falls … BSR, HR, and other nurse interactions at the bedside and nurse-sensitive patient outcomes: patient falls
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/care-transitions-and-teamwork-pediatric-trauma-implications-health-information/citation/information
January 01, 2023 - Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling through the cracks. … Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling through the cracks.