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441. New Nursing Home Resources Aimed at Preventing COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/757.html
     March 01, 2021 - conversations with patients who may not want to stop taking medications that could increase their risk of falls

442. Participating in the 2022 CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services Survey Database: What You Need to Know | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-051823.html
     December 01, 2023 - Managing Consultant The Lewin Group Falls Church, VA HCBS CAHPS Technical Assistance (PDF, 115 KB

443. Final Progress Report: Developing and Disseminating a Patient Safety Risk Assessment (PSRA) Toolkit (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/joseph2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Scope: The SRA tool covers six safety areas – infection control, medication safety, falls, patient handling … Keywords: Safety, Risk assessment, Healthcare design, Healthcare-associated infections, Patient falls … Familiarity with Project: Two participants involved in content development (falls) Format and Timing: … Falls 3. Patient Handling 4. Medication Safety 5. … Falls 2. Medication Safety 3.

444. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/index.html
     November 01, 2017 - Falls Prevention For each topic, the Web site provides a description of the reports and suggested

445. Access to Pediatric Hospitals, Services Varies Based on Geography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/745.html
     December 01, 2020 - December 29, 2020 AHRQ Stats: Medicare Payments for Falls Medicare was the most common expected payer … in 2017 for emergency department treatment of injuries due to falls (38 percent).

446. Participating in the 2021 CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey Database: What You Need To Know (AHRQ-CMS Webcast) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-042121.html
     May 01, 2021 - Managing Consultant The Lewin Group Falls Church, VA HCBS CAHPS Technical Assistance (PDF, 119 KB

447. Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/prevention/lifestyle/healthy-women.pdf
     May 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.

448. Final Progress Report: Electronic Clinical Surveillance To Measure and Improve Safety in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/danforth-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - disease (CKD)), treatment (potentially inappropriate medication use among patients with a history of falls … outpatient safety, outpatient care quality, diagnostic error, chronic kidney disease, medications, falls … kidney disease), treatment (potentially inappropriate medication use among patients with a history of falls … Additionally, one measure (medication use after falls) focused specifically on the elderly population

449. PCOR Findings Nominated for Consideration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pcor/ahrq-dissemination-and-implementation-initiative/pcor-findings-nominated-for-consideration.html
     March 01, 2021 - Effective Frontline Strategies for CAUTI Prevention Using Mobile Technology Eliminating Preventable Falls

450. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2017 (pdf file)
     www.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

451. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 1 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ltcmodule1.pdf
     June 01, 2012 - Module 2 focuses on communicating changes in a resident’s condition, and Module 3 covers falls prevention … These kinds of changes put the resident at risk for falling and also may signal an underlying problem … Falls Risk A fall is defined as “involuntarily coming to rest on a lower surface,” whether it is an … Because falls often involve many factors, they should always be reported to determine what changes can … Changes to watch for include the resident complaining about not feeling rested, falling asleep in unusual

452. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2014-final.html
     January 01, 2018 - MPSMS (2014) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters 5,000 0.2 Falls … MPSMS (2014) In-Hospital Patient Falls 260,000 7.9 Obstetric Adverse Events PSI (2014 … Infections 18,000 5,000 13,000 72% $221,000,000 2,405 Falls … 50% 25% 10,000 $17,000 .185 $170,000,000 1,850 Falls … 1,040,500 NA NA $9,141,150,000 35,647 * Additional costs per HAC for Falls

453. New York-Long Island Clinical Improvement Through Innovation Collaborative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/new-york-long-island-clinical-improvement-through-innovation-collaborative.html
     March 25, 2014 - Current or Past Research Interests Comments : Other health or disease related interests: Prevention of falls

454. Environmental Scan - Dissemination and Implementation of Nonsurgical Urinary Incontinence (UI) Treatment for Women in Primary Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/mui-environmental-scan-brief.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - , higher rates of social isolation and depression, more sedentary lifestyles, increased risk for falls … Ensrud, and Deborah Grady, “Urinary Incontinence: Does It Increase Risk for Falls and Fractures?”

455. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=421
     January 01, 2024 - Langa KM Longitudinal patient-oriented outcomes in neuropathy: importance of early detection and falls … It concluded that, in older persons, differences in falls, pain, and self-rated health can be detected … 3–5 years prior to peripheral neuropathy diagnosis, but only falls deteriorate more rapidly over time … Longitudinal patient-oriented outcomes in neuropathy: importance of early detection and falls. … Keywords: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Neurological Disorders, Falls, Elderly, Patient Safety

456. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=330
     January 01, 2024 - The directionality of observed relationship between falls and depressive symptoms (DS) is in need of … elaboration given that cross-sectional study designs can yield biased estimates of the DS-falls relationship … This study found that the DS-falls relationship was not significant when use of psychiatric medications … , which was positively associated with falls, was included in the model. … Keywords: Depression, Elderly, Falls, Patient Safety, Risk Bhattacharjee P , Churpek MM ,

457. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Health Personnel, Medicare, Primary Care, Workforce Winters-Stone KM , Moe E , Graff JN Falls … This study compared the prevalence of and association between falls and frailty of prostate cancer survivors … It concluded that current and past exposure to ADT is linked to higher risk of falls and frailty than … Falls and frailty in prostate cancer survivors: current, past, and never users of androgen deprivation … Keywords: Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Falls, Medication, Elderly Rocque GB , Halilova

458. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Quality Hanlon JT , Zhao X , Naples JG Central nervous system medication burden and serious falls … The researchers examined the association between CNS medication burden and serious falls in those with … burden, approximately 3 + standardized daily doses, was associated with an increased risk of serious falls … Central nervous system medication burden and serious falls in older nursing home residents. … Keywords: Elderly, Falls, Medication, Nursing Homes, Patient Safety Henriksen K , Dymek C ,

459. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - BW , Smith MA , Repplinger MD Using chief complaint in addition to diagnosis codes to identify falls … The researchers compared incidence of falls in an emergency department (ED) cohort using a traditional … identifying individuals in the ED who have fallen based on diagnosis codes underestimates the true burden of falls … Using chief complaint in addition to diagnosis codes to identify falls in the emergency department. … Keywords: Falls, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Department Neuman MI , Hall M

460. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of nursing home self-report of major injury falls … They linked inpatient claims for major injury falls with MDS assessments. … investigators concluded that the nursing home-reported data used for the Nursing Home Compare (NHC) falls … Assessment of nursing home reporting of major injury falls for quality measurement on Nursing Home Compare … Keywords: Falls, Nursing Homes, Quality Measures, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality of Care, Elderly