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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.245_slideshow.ppt
July 01, 2011 - anticoagulants
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Case: Watch the Warfarin
A frail 80-year-old man with a past medical history of dementia, falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33852/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - experiences had no impact on a global measure of safety including outcomes like urinary tract infections
and falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge
April 27, 2022 - weakness and increased stress that may leave patients vulnerable to clinical adverse events such as falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/innovation-and-lean-thinking-mutually-supportive-partners-transformation-health-care
January 01, 2015 - Benefits of this approach include reducing the risk of falls, earlier mobilization following surgery,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40311/psn-pdf
March 23, 2011 - military hospitals, greater nursing experience and skill mix was associated with a
lower incidence of falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46552/psn-pdf
October 25, 2017 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/power-regret
Clinicians may feel regret when the care they provide falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35009/psn-pdf
May 27, 2011 - prescription of recommended doses, decreased prescription of nonrecommended drugs, and fewer
inpatient falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43016/psn-pdf
May 28, 2014 - Identification of serious and reportable events in home
care: a Delphi survey to develop consensus.
May 28, 2014
Doran DM, Baker R, Szabo C, et al. Identification of serious and reportable events in home care: a Delphi
survey to develop consensus. Int J Health Care Qual. 2014;26(2):136-143. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzu00…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/preventable-transfer-hospital
March 31, 2022 - 27, 2024
Patient Safety Innovations
Preventing Falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838916/psn-pdf
October 26, 2022 - Falling through the cracks: the invisible hospital cleaning
workforce. … Falling through the cracks: the invisible hospital cleaning
workforce. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/falling-through-cracks-invisible-hospital-cleaning-workforce
Disinfection … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/falling-through-cracks-invisible-hospital-cleaning-workforce
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/high-reliability-organization-hro-principles-and-patient-safety
February 26, 2025 - together, high reliability principles are associated with lower levels of medication errors and patient falls … (measured on a 1-to-7 scale) was associated with 25% fewer medication errors and 37% fewer patient falls … high reliability approaches are associated with things like fewer medication errors, fewer patient falls … And the source of both becoming highly reliable and falling apart was leadership.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-timothy-vogus-about-high-reliability-organization-hro-principles-and
February 26, 2025 - high reliability approaches are associated with things like fewer medication errors, fewer patient falls … And the source of both becoming highly reliable and falling apart was leadership. … together, high reliability principles are associated with lower levels of medication errors and patient falls … (measured on a 1-to-7 scale) was associated with 25% fewer medication errors and 37% fewer patient falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49513/psn-pdf
July 01, 2006 - What is the expected level of intervention (eg, replace an oxygen mask if it falls off, silence an IV
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42855/psn-pdf
February 06, 2014 - Responding to clinicians who fail to follow patient safety
practices: perceptions of physicians, nurses, trainees,
and patients.
February 6, 2014
Driver TH, Katz PP, Trupin L, et al. Responding to clinicians who fail to follow patient safety practices:
perceptions of physicians, nurses, trainees, and patients. J H…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47666/psn-pdf
January 01, 2020 - A partially structured postoperative handoff protocol
improves communication in 2 mixed surgical intensive
care units: findings from the Handoffs and Transitions in
Critical Care (HATRICC) prospective cohort study.
February 6, 2019
Lane-Fall MB, Pascual JL, Peifer HG, et al. A Partially Structured Postoperative Ha…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49785/psn-pdf
February 01, 2017 - Refused Medication Error
February 1, 2017
Foley M. Refused Medication Error. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/refused-medication-error
The Case
A 59-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with acute renal failure and mental status changes. He was
alert to self and place only. The patient h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49598/psn-pdf
February 01, 2010 - The patient denied any history of arrhythmia, syncope,
presyncope, dementia, or prior falls.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/diagnostic-errors-case-studies
August 10, 2025 - An elderly man had iron deficiency anemia with progressively falling … Linkedin
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An elderly man had iron deficiency anemia with progressively falling
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/revising-teamstepps-evolution-patient-safety-teamwork-training
February 28, 2024 - seen frequently with virtual teams where a diagnosis isn’t communicated quickly enough, or something falls … Perspective
The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls … In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47858/psn-pdf
July 10, 2019 - patients in Ireland found that they were frequently prescribed medications
that increased their risk of falling