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  1. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/delirium-evaluation.html
    January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals Tool 3J: Delirium Evaluation Bundle Previous Page Next Page … Table of Contents Preventing Falls in Hospitals Roadmap Acknowledgments Overview Icons … - 37.36 KB] Background: Patients found to have impaired mental activity as a risk factor for falls
  2. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Aydin_2.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - Patient outcome variables Patient falls and injury falls • Patient falls/1,000 patient days. … • Injury falls/1,000 patient days. … Fall prevention process variables • Percent patients who fell assessed at risk for falling. … Falls/1,000 patient days; medical/surgical units in hospitals with ADC <100. … Hospital trend report for falls per 1,000 patient days.
  3. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/implementation-guide/overview.html
    October 01, 2017 - guidance on how to use and implement into practice the tools and strategies outlined in AHRQ’s Preventing Falls … Using Fall Risk Assessment Tools in Care Planning Post-Fall Huddles: Reducing Preventable Falls … Program Critical Thinking for Fall Injury Prevention DMAIC: A Deep Dive Into Reducing Patient Falls
  4. www.ahrq.gov/opioids/implementing-what-works/compendium.html
    November 01, 2024 - Assessment Use appropriate tools and workflows to assess the risks of opioid treatments: delirium, falls … workflows Develop specific workflows to screen for opioid use related risks in older adults, such as falls … Train/Educate Clinicians & Staff - Train staff on workflow Train staff on workflow to screen for falls … Staff - Train about opioid related risks Train clinicians and staff about opioid related risks (e.g., falls … management and reviews into pain visits: - screening appropriate for older adults on opioids such as falls
  5. www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/pfp/haccost2017-appendix.html
    November 01, 2017 - OR ("catheter-related infections"[mh] AND ("blood stream"[tiab] OR "bloodstream"[tiab])))   Falls … ("Accidental Falls" [mh] OR Falls [tiab] OR Falling [tiab] OR Fall [tiab] OR "Accidental Falls" [tiab … ] OR "Accidental Fall" [tiab] OR Slip [tiab] OR Faller [tiab]) AND (hospital*[tiab] OR inpatient* … This rate was used for falls and VTE. … Serious falls in hospitalized patients: correlates and resource utilization.
  6. www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-results.html
    November 01, 2017 - In contrast, the literature contained far fewer usable studies for falls (3 for costs and 1 for mortality … Our search for recent literature on in-hospital falls in the United States returned very few results … Data on falls related to other health care settings, such as nursing homes, were not included in our … While this may be a more relevant source of outcomes for falls specifically, based on articles found … leading to an admission and falls occurring in the institution.
  7. Fallpxtool4C (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool4c.docx
    January 29, 2013 - Does the education include staff training on documentation methods related to falls (e.g., circumstances … of fall if applicable, risk factors for falls, how those risk factors have been addressed)?
  8. www.ahrq.gov/data/visualizations/ed-visits-injury.html
    June 01, 2021 - to Injuries, by Cause of Injury, 2017 Injuries are common and can have many causes, such as falls
  9. www.ahrq.gov/topics/f.html
    February 07, 2025 - Topics Browse A - Z F Fact Sheets Falls Patient and Family Engagement
  10. www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-carayon.html
    March 01, 2019 - safe care “journeys” for vulnerable older patients treated at hospital emergency departments (EDs) for falls … for patient safety issues that can require repeated ED visits or hospital stays, including additional falls … patient safety events that might occur, such a newly prescribed drug that could increase the risk for falls
  11. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/implementation-guide/appendix-d.html
    September 01, 2017 - 8:15–8:20 5 Opening Remarks Thank you from leadership to attendees for participating in falls … the hospital’s universal precautions, rounding practices, and fall risk assessment. 3A: Inpatient Falls
  12. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/acute-care-long-desc.html
    June 01, 2020 - their family caregivers in the design of health information technology (IT) tools to prevent patient falls … Spanish versions of the Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety) toolkit , which reduced falls … Interventions for Patient Safety) Program: a collaboration to end the persistent problem of patient falls … Preventing falls in hospitalized patients. … American Nurse 2018;13(9):8-13. https://www.myamericannurse.com/preventing-falls-hospitalized-patients
  13. www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013-refs.html
    October 01, 2015 - Injury From Falls Barrett JA, Bradshaw M, Hutchinson K, et al. … Reduction of falls-related injuries using a hospital inpatient falls prevention program. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … Preventing falls and eliminating injury at Ascension Health. … VHA’s national falls collaborative and prevention programs.
  14. www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ref.html
    December 01, 2014 - Reduction of falls-related injuries using a hospital inpatient falls prevention program. … Evidence-based practice: a falls prevention program that continues to work. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … Preventing falls and eliminating injury at Ascension Health. … VHA’s national falls collaborative and prevention programs.
  15. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module4/module4_slides_best-practices.pptx
    November 20, 2014 - . ‹#› Implementation Planning Goals Determine the role/responsibilities of staff in preventing falls … determine who will be responsible for each task identified in your set of best practices for preventing falls … Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team. … Tracking care processes to prevent falls is a measure of implementation success, and it should translate
  16. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/castle-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - ” (p. 556).3 There are various adverse incidents that occur in the nursing home setting, including falls … distributed between for-profit (41.1%) and non-profit (42.1%) homes, with the remainder of homes falling … ), witnessed falls (3.5%), “found on floor” (5.2%), and skin tears (5.3%). … Physical restraint use and falls in nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc 1996;44:627-33. 6. … Falls and fall prevention in the nursing home. Clin Geriatr Med 1996;12:881-902. 7.
  17. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/action-plan.html
    January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals Tool 2F: Action Plan Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents … Preventing Falls in Hospitals Roadmap Acknowledgments Overview Icons 1.
  18. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=450
    January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Adverse Events, Dementia, Elderly, Falls, Injuries and Wounds, … The researchers present a method for detecting falls in the homes of older adults using the Microsoft … It found that persons with MS are at high risk of falls and there are important associations between … falls and MS-associated disability, gender and age. … Falls in people with MS--an individual data meta-analysis from studies from Australia, Sweden, United
  19. www.ahrq.gov/npsd/data/dashboard/index.html
    September 01, 2024 - event-specific dashboards that describe in greater depth specific safety events such as medication events and fallsFalls Dashboard Details the extent of harm due to falls, the presence of fall assistance, presence of
  20. www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/guide/section2a.html
    June 01, 2014 - Return to Contents Falls in Older Adults Title Prevention of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older … intervention consisting of exercise or physical therapy and/or vitamin D supplementation to prevent falls … in-depth multifactorial risk assessment with comprehensive management of identified risks to prevent falls … : a history of falls, a history of mobility problems, and poor performance on the timed Get-Up-and-Go … Exercise or physical therapy and vitamin D supplementation have a moderate benefit in preventing falls

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