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  1. In Conversation With... Dr. Michelle Schreiber on Measuring Patient Safety | PSNet

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    December 14, 2022 - gains made in the past 10 years—improvements in healthcare-acquired infections, decreases in patient falls … Falls and pressure ulcers also went up – in skilled nursing facilities, we saw rates of falls causing … including healthcare-acquired infections, complications, medication safety, safety of the EMR, patient falls … publication and the introduction of PSIs, such as reducing healthcare-acquired infections, decreasing patient falls … adverse events increased with a 40% rise in healthcare-acquired infections and an increase in inpatient falls

  2. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)

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    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…

  3. Safety Culture in EMS | PSNet

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    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

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 13, 2023 - identifying-electronic-health-record-usability-and-safety-challenges-pediatric-settings https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/information-flow-during-pediatric-trauma-care-transitions-things-falling-through-cracks

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  6. Statistical Brief #156

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    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,

  7. Statistical Brief #96: Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations among Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles, 2008 (pdf file)

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    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

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  10. 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

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47239/psn-pdf
    October 24, 2018 - characteristics such as safety culture were associated with risks of medication administration errors and falls … improving-patient-safety-identifying-side-effects-introducing-bar-coding-medication https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47096/psn-pdf
    November 14, 2018 - The most common incidents were falls and delayed response to clinical deterioration. … error-and-patient-safety-ethical-analysis-cases-occupational-and-physical-therapy-practice https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls

  19. Hospitalizations for Circulatory System Disorders, 2004 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/ExampleofUsingPOA-CMSHACsusingall-payerdata.pdf
    July 01, 2011 - The second most common CMS HAC examined was falls or trauma, which accounted for another 20 percent … the population at risk, but only 10 percent of the stage III and IV pressure ulcer, 13 percent of falls … ulcers Manifestations of poor glycemic control Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) Falls … young adults, older adults had higher rates for the CMS HACs for stage III and IV pressure ulcers, falls … For example, those 85 years and older had nearly six times the rate of CMS HACs for falls and trauma

  20. Overview of Emergency Department Visits Related to Injuries, by Cause of Injury, 2017 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb266-Injuries-Causes-ED-Visits-2017.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - Introduction Injuries are common and can have many causes, such as falls, cuts, motor vehicle accidents … In 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated unintentional falls were the leading … Medicare was the most common expected payer for ED visits related to injuries caused by falls (37.9 … ■ One-third of ED visits related to injuries in 2017 involved falls. … Among ED visits related to injuries in 2017, falls were the most frequent cause of injury, with more
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