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www.cahps.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) … Bloodstream Infections
40,000
50%
50%
25%
10,000
$17,000
.185
$170,000,000
1,850
Falls … [7] The AHRQ-developed pressure ulcer toolkit and falls toolkit are online.
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/index.html
April 01, 2024 - More >>
Reducing Patient Falls with Evidence-based Tools
Patricia Dykes, Ph.D., R.N. … Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA “Patient falls can result in traumatic and costly outcomes. … With AHRQ funding, I’ve been able to provide hospitals and primary care practices with falls prevention
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www.cahps.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
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www.cahps.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
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sops/about/patient-safety-culture.html
March 01, 2022 - Hospital units with more positive SOPS scores had:
Fewer hospital-acquired pressure ulcers and patient falls … Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Five-Star Quality ratings. 5
Lower risks of resident falls
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2014-final.html
January 01, 2018 - CLABSIs
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) … Bloodstream Infections
18,000
5,000
13,000
72%
$221,000,000
2,405
Falls … 50%
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
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2011-12.html
January 01, 2018 - Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters
17,000
0.52
17,000
0.51
Falls … MPSMS
In-Hospital Patient Falls
260,000
7.80
230,000
7.16
Obstetric Adverse Events
PSI
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-201-asthma-section-5-table-3.pdf
February 19, 2016 - After training, inhaler technique falls
off with time, so checking and re-
training must be repeated
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/spread/spreadnotes.docx
August 28, 2012 - For example, if a hospital is engaged in an organization-wide improvement initiative to decrease falls … Having the Newborn Critical Care Center complete a falls risk assessment for each patient for each shift … For example, for a falls prevention program, quantitative measures to evaluate can include the falls
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/pichert.html
August 01, 2017 - Sanford Health Medical Center Sites in the North (Fargo, Bismarck) and South (Sioux Falls, Bemidji) Regions … Hoffman, MD, FACP, at the time of the planning project: Patient Safety Officer, Sanford Health, Sioux Falls … Region, Sioux Falls, SD. … the planning project, Senior Vice President, Clinical Risk Management, Sanford Health System, Sioux Falls … Leadership Development & Physician Well Being, Sanford PARS Medical Director, Sanford Health, Sioux Falls
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-standardized-quality-measures.pdf
January 07, 2022 - Job Aid: Standardized Quality Measures
Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
1
Job Aid: Standardized Quality Measures
Familiarity with the standardized quality measures that payers and regulatory groups use is an
important part of a practice facilitator's core knowledge.
Standar…
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-ptsafety-and-covid-19.pdf
November 01, 2021 - • Patient safety concerns such as falls,
pressure injuries, and adverse medication
events were reported … Conditions
The CFER-H technical specifications capture 10 types of patient safety concerns (e.g., falls … of reports, patient safety concerns that are typically not associated with the COVID-
19 PHE (e.g., falls
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=484
January 01, 2024 - Emergency Preparedness
(26)
Evidence-Based Practice
(932)
Eye Disease and Health
(36)
Falls … comparison group information is necessary to establish evidence on how hospitals can successfully prevent falls … Keywords: Adverse Events, Falls, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Prevention
Braithwaite S , Friedman
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/893.html
December 01, 2023 - Chesapeake Regional Healthcare used AHRQ’s Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality … creation of the “Fall-Free Friday” initiative, which resulted in a 31 percent decrease in acute care falls
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/index.html
November 01, 2021 - Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
End of Life Care
Home and Community-based Services
Falls
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/index.html
August 01, 2022 - Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients with Limited English Proficiency
NICU Toolkit
Preventing Falls
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/qualityindicators.html
July 01, 2018 - diagnostic centers) or populations (e.g., mental health or substance abuse, emergency preparedness, patient falls
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/communication/tools/checkback.html
July 01, 2023 - Other examples of effective check-backs include:
One member of the team calls out, "BP is falling, … BP is falling and at 80/48, down from 90/60."
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/index.html
September 01, 2022 - frequently occurring events, e.g., not just fall rates over a given time, but also the percentage of falls
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/index.html
July 01, 2023 - Harms such as adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, falls, and obstetric adverse events