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2201. Final Progress Report: Proactive Risk Assessment of Primary Care of the Elderly (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/karsh-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - are preventable. 17 From a safety engineering perspective,18, 19 this evidence, though informative, falls … Patient gets dizzy after first dose, falls, breaks hip and ends up in nursing home for rest of life. … Patient gets dizzy after first dose, falls, hits head, resulting in subdural hematoma. … Patient gets dizzy after first dose, falls, sprains dominant hand/wrist, needs in-home care for 2 weeks … Patient gets dizzy after first dose, falls, but no injury and stops med.

2202. In Conversation With... Chris Cebollero, BS, CCEMT-P | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-chris-cebollero-bs-ccemt-p
      May 26, 2021 - We're able to, like you mentioned, track and record things like falls in EMS, a patient falling from … organization are tracking any patient safety errors, but I would like to know what the percentage of falls … leaders, and it enables us to say that we need to be at the table to talk about things like patient falls

2203. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49399/psn-pdf
      May 01, 2003 - A rapidly falling hCG level could indicate a failed intrauterine pregnancy, a completed abortion, or … At our institution, a third level is obtained 48 hours after the second to confirm continued falling

2204. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/hhrqMCEgbsBMJ_Ppbcp4yJ
      January 14, 2025 - same BMD because of concurrent increasing risk from declining bone quality and an increasing risk of falling … and on the use of vitamin D and calcium to prevent fractures and falls in community-dwelling adults … Other Related USPSTF Recommendations The USPSTF recommends exercise interventions to prevent falls in … interventions based on cir- cumstances of prior falls, presence of comorbid medical condi- tions, and … Interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults: US Preventive Services Task Force

2205. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevehosp-trans-intakenotes.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits Transfer Note and Intake Note Transfer Notes and Intake Notes are not required, but the elemen…

2206. Core Principles for the PCA Diagnostic Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-reimagining-healthcare-teams-6.html
      July 01, 2023 - ensuring the technology is worn, while the AI would provide daily summaries about fall risk and near falls … This information could lead to interventions to prevent falls.

2207. Impact of extended-duration shifts on medical errors, adverse events, and attentional failures. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-extended-duration-shifts-medical-errors-adverse-events-and-attentional-failures
      February 02, 2011 - shifts were much more likely to report both significant preventable errors and attentional failures (eg, falling

2208. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.320_slideshow.ppt
      January 01, 2020 - Due to these symptoms, he had multiple falls and an inability to grasp simple objects. … the patient returned 2 more times to the same clinic with worsening symptoms, including more frequent falls

2209. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38832/psn-pdf
      August 12, 2009 - effects-rounding-patient-satisfaction-and-patient-safety-medical-surgical-unit Implementing an hourly rounding protocol by nurses resulted in a reduction in falls … effects-rounding-patient-satisfaction-and-patient-safety-medical-surgical-unit https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-nonpayment-hospital-falls-and-unintended-consequences

2210. Statistical Brief #96: Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations among Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles, 2008 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb96.pdf
      September 01, 2010 - However, elderly patients ages 85 and over accounted for one-third of stays for injurious falls and … eligibles was nearly 2 to 4 times the rate of stays for non-dual eligibles, except for injurious falls … For other Medicare beneficiaries, it was injurious falls (1,109 stays per 100,000 enrollees). … Only the rate of stays for injurious falls was higher among non-dual eligible beneficiaries compared … However, women comprised more than three-quarters of stays for injurious falls (78 percent), asthma

2211. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38048/psn-pdf
      October 03, 2017 - when the last report was published -- were advanced pressure ulcers, retained foreign objects, and falls … psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/wrong-site-wrong-procedure-and-wrong-patient-surgery https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls

2212. Statistical Brief #156
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb156.jsp
      May 01, 2013 - ED visits for injury are described based on the external cause of injury (e.g., falls, transport related … For example, over 70 percent of ED visits among persons aged 65 years and older were related to falls … The most common cause was falls (35.7 percent), followed by being struck by an object (18.3 percent) … Although falls were the most common type of injury that resulted in an ED visit for all age groups, falls … The NEDS includes 11 data elements that identify the cause of the injury: cutting, drowning, falling,

2213. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45289/psn-pdf
      May 03, 2017 - physicians, nurses, and pharmacists to rate the severity of harm for specific adverse events including falls … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-harm-health-care-optimizing-adverse-event-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls

2214. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45011/psn-pdf
      May 25, 2016 - organizations and how to apply them in health care settings to address various concerns such as patient falls … becoming-high-reliability-organization-operational-advice-hospital-leaders https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities

2215. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46451/psn-pdf
      September 27, 2017 - The toolkit focuses on six areas of safety: infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries … prevention-design-construction-and-renovation-health-care-facilities-patient-safety-and https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls

2216. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41985/psn-pdf
      October 26, 2016 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/serious-reportable-events-healthcare-2011-update https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities

2217. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46460/psn-pdf
      January 17, 2018 - randomized trials, there is a consistent association between safety culture and patient outcomes such as falls … association-between-organisational-and-workplace-cultures-and-patient-outcomes-systematic https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls

2218. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47574/psn-pdf
      November 21, 2018 - This narrative review examines how care facility design can reduce health care–associated infections, falls … understanding-role-facility-design-acquisition-and-prevention-healthcare-associated https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls

2219. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44872/psn-pdf
      February 12, 2016 - and explores specific areas of focus to reduce harm such as hospital-acquired infections, patient falls … partnership-patients https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/partnership-patients https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities

2220. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46270/psn-pdf
      April 16, 2018 - impact-restraint-management-bundle-restraint-use-intensive-care-unit Although physical restraints may be used to protect patients in intensive care units from falls … patient-safety-culture-and-association-safe-resident-care-nursing-homes https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls