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2221. In Conversation with...Richard Ricciardi about Office-Based Patient Safety | PSNet
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      January 31, 2024 - But challenges in office-based care settings, such as falls, diagnostic issues, and complications related … events in ambulatory care fall into four main categories: diagnostic testing errors, medication events, falls … and may be approached in similar ways in both acute and office-based settings, for example patient falls … strategy of incorporating individualized fall risk screening to identify patients most at risk for falling

2222. Drug errors are dangerous but preventable. | PSNet
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      March 27, 2024 - January 27, 2010 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

2223. 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,

2224. An exploration of the association between inpatient access to tablets and patient satisfaction with hospital care. | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - An exploration of the association between inpatient access to tablets and patient satisfaction with hospital care. Citation Vink S, Fareed N, MacEwan SR, McAlearney AS. An exploration of the association between inpatient access to tablets and patient satisfaction with hospital care. Perspect Health In…

2225. 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

2226. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2014 - Nonspecific symptoms or signs not referable to the urinary tract, such as falls or mental status change

2227. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Multidisciplinary Rounding for Patient Safety (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2022 - healthcare-associated infection prevention efforts • Performance improvement specialist – safety, pressure injury, and falls

2228. 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

2229. 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

2230. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      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

2231. 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

2232. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      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

2233. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      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

2234. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      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

2235. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      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

2236. 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

2237. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      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

2238. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      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

2239. Hospitalizations for Circulatory System Disorders, 2004 (pdf file)
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      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

2240. Overview of Emergency Department Visits Related to Injuries, by Cause of Injury, 2017 (pdf file)
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      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