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421. Women: Stay Healthy at 50 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/prevention/lifestyle/women-over-50.pdf
     March 01, 2014 - Vitamin D to Avoid Falls. … If you are 65 or older and have a history of falls, mobility problems, or other risks for falling, … ask your doctor about taking a vitamin D supplement to help reduce your chances of falling.

422. GRACE Team Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/priorities-in-action/grace-team-care.html
     March 01, 2017 - A person who has experienced many falls in the past, for example, will receive recommendations about … stopping medications that might contribute to falls, checking their vision, and obtaining a physical … This person will also receive lessons on how to avoid falls, if possible, and recover from them when

423. Final progress Report: Anticholinergics and Cognitive Decline in the Elderly with Depression (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/21264-Aparasu-draft-1.pdf
     July 31, 2018 - Around 10-20% of nursing home falls cause serious injuries; 2-6% of the falls result in fractures.17 … Medications are considered as a potentially modifiable risk factor for falls and fractures. … Falls in the nursing home. Annals Intern Med. 1994; 121:442– 51. PMID:8053619. 16. … Medication-related falls in the elderly: causative factors and preventive strategies. … Associations Between Drug Burden Index and Falls in Older People in Residential Aged Care.

424. National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Health Care Safer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.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 … 39.3% 17.4% 1,040,500 NA NA $9,141,150,000 35,647 * Additional costs per HAC for Falls … [7] The AHRQ-developed pressure ulcer toolkit and falls toolkit are online.

425. Assessing the Impact of Value-Based Purchasing Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-waters.html
     February 01, 2022 - catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), central-line bloodstream infections, (CLABSI) falls … change dropped by 11 percent for CAUTI and 10 percent for CLABSI but remained essentially the same for falls

426. AHRQ-CMS Webcast: "Participating in the 2023 CAHPS® Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey Database: What You Need to Know" | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-060624.html
     June 01, 2024 - & HCBS CAHPS Survey (PDF, 247 KB)  Amanda Huben Public Policy Analyst Consultant, The Lewin Group Falls

427. Table 8E: Serious Mental Illness Subpopulation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab8e.html
     February 01, 2023 -   Min s s s s s   Max 9,819 25,000 60,870 21,053 s Injurious Falls … 485 s   Max 13,223 10,425 7,934 16,685 41,237 12,441 11,765 Injurious Falls

428. Table 8D: Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Subpopulation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab8d.html
     February 01, 2023 - 894   Min s s s s s   Max 3,665 6,218 6,218 13,974 s Injurious Falls … s 482 s   Max 4,720 3,827 3,566 11,374 25,641 4,261 4,038 Injurious Falls

429. Table 8G: HCBS Population Age 65 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab8g.html
     February 01, 2023 -   Min s s s s s   Max 8,542 18,831 29,268 21,622 s Injurious Falls … 1,051 1,628 s   Max 12,315 10,606 s 11,115 13,261 11,132 11,243 Injurious Falls

430. Table 8B: Dually Eligible HCBS Participants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab8b.html
     February 01, 2023 -   Min 1,663 s s s s   Max 7,916 20,000 16,970 11,285 s Injurious Falls … 1,625 918   Max 11,025 10,192 7,947 11,816 13,629 9,756 9,500 Injurious Falls

431. Table 8A: National HCBS Population | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab8.html
     February 01, 2023 -   Min 1,506 s s s s   Max 6,772 17,194 10,853 27,397 s Injurious Falls … 1,473 1,015   Max 10,449 9,085 8,475 11,115 13,261 9,525 8,445 Injurious Falls

432. Table 8C: Medicaid-Only HCBS Participants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab8c.html
     February 01, 2023 -   Min s s s s s   Max 6,520 26,790 16,901 21,429 s Injurious Falls … s 785 s   Max 13,444 6,692 10,428 7,489 9,506 12,207 6,952 Injurious Falls

433. Table 8F: HCBS Population Ages 18-64 Without Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities or Serious Mental Illness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab8f.html
     February 01, 2023 -   Min 1,710 s s s s   Max 19,029 26,952 26,016 40,816 s Injurious Falls … s s 2,151 s   Max 31,755 11,573 19,518 s s 19,248 23,318 Injurious Falls

434. Practice Self-Assessment Tool for Opioid Use in Older Adults (pdf file)
     www.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

435. EvidenceNOW in Action | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories/in-action/index.html
     March 01, 2021 - Steven Brantley (Klamath Falls, OR)   Using Data To Tackle Undiagnosed Hypertension and Improve

436. Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.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

437. 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/hacrate2013_0.pdf
     October 01, 2015 - 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.

438. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=301
     January 01, 2024 - Using event reporting systems is the trend for reducing patient safety events such as falls, although … Keywords: Falls, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient Safety, Web-Based, Adverse Events … The researchers described the development of a knowledge base for patient falls, the most frequent PSE … Keywords: Adverse Events, Falls, Patient Safety, Prevention Galbraith AA , Meyers DJ , Ross-Degnan

439. Prologue: Laying the Foundation (pdf file)
     www.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

440. Fallpxtool3D (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool3d.docx
     January 29, 2013 - Reference: Falls prevention strategies in health care settings.