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2321. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/factraining.html
      September 01, 2017 - record, or EMR, data to make staff aware of residents at risk of adverse events such as pressure ulcers, falls … help prevent four adverse events: pressure ulcers, pressure ulcers that are not healing appropriately, falls … Pressure Ulcer Healing, Falls, and Avoidable Hospitalization reports and worksheets have been tested … is designed to identify residents at risk for the adverse event of interest (e.g., pressure ulcers, falls

2322. Meeting Minutes, November 2017 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2018 - Topics addressed in new draft recommendations included screening for cervical cancer, prevention of falls … AHRQ released training materials for preventing falls in hospitals. … These five training modules align with chapters in the AHRQ "Preventing Falls in Hospitals" toolkit. … Preliminary data on the use of the training materials showed significant decreases in falls with injury

2323. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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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

2324. AHRQ_DHR_2022_Annual_Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2022 - Pharmacists to Decrease Medication Safety Risks 19 A Clinical Decision Support Tool for Preventing Falls … Complications, such as falls or medication errors, could lead to readmissions. … Fall prevention is possible, but older adults who are at the highest risk of falling need to receive … because falls can be caused by different factors, like the effects of certain medications. … into Diverse Primary Care Practices (ASPIRE)—supports PCPs in identifying older adults at risk of falling

2325. Refused Medication Error | PSNet
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      November 01, 2005 - , Right Away August 21, 2016 WebM&M Cases Falling

2326. Patient Safety and Adverse Events, 2011 and 2014 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - Among the selected PSIs, average hospital rates for in-hospital falls with hip fracture decreased … of central venous catheter- related blood stream infections (64.2 percent) followed by in-hospital falls … Among the selected patient safety and adverse events, average hospital rates for in-hospital falls with … 52.3 percent in 2011 to 71.3 percent in 2014 for an increase of 19.0 percentage points), in-hospital falls … unrecognized accidental abdominopelvic punctures and over three-fourths had no hip fractures from in-hospital falls

2327. ACOG Committee Opinion #327: "Do not use" abbreviations. | PSNet
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      February 15, 2006 - Journal Article ACOG Committee Opinion #327: "Do not use" abbreviations. Citation Text: ACOG Committee Opinion #327: "Do not use" abbreviations. ACOG Committee on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; ACOG. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print…

2328. Psi90 Factsheet Faq (pdf file)
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      August 31, 2016 -  PSI 08 (In-Hospital Fall with Hip Fracture Rate) now targets all hip fractures from inpatient falls

2329. Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Total Systems Safety | PSNet
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      August 30, 2023 - Studies show that an increase in healthcare-acquired infections, falls, and pressure ulcers has occurred … Similar increases were observed in falls and pressure ulcers at skilled nursing facilities and preventable … since experienced higher rates of preventable infections, as well as increases in pressure ulcers and falls … performance measures are associated with measuring and reporting specific harms, such as an infection, falls … Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Non-Health Care Professionals Patient Falls

2330. In Conversation with Lucy Savitz about Learning Health Systems for Patient Safety | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - With falls, for example, we have an aging population. … This may lead to more falls, not because the care has been compromised, but because there is a larger … population at risk for falls. … Perspective The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls … In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls

2331. Learning Health Systems for Patient Safety | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - With falls, for example, we have an aging population. … This may lead to more falls, not because the care has been compromised, but because there is a larger … population at risk for falls. … Perspective The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls … In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls

2332. In Conversation with... Patricia McGaffigan about Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Total Systems Safety | PSNet
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      August 30, 2023 - since experienced higher rates of preventable infections, as well as increases in pressure ulcers and falls … performance measures are associated with measuring and reporting specific harms, such as an infection, falls … Studies show that an increase in healthcare-acquired infections, falls, and pressure ulcers has occurred … Similar increases were observed in falls and pressure ulcers at skilled nursing facilities and preventable … Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Non-Health Care Professionals Patient Falls

2333. After a medical error, patients could become hospital insiders. | PSNet
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      October 01, 2014 - November 8, 2012 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

2334. Hospitals own up to errors. | PSNet
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      February 04, 2009 - July 23, 2010 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

2335. Feasibility/Pilot Study | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2025 - Feasibility/Pilot Study Quality of answers of generative large language models versus peer users for interpreting laboratory test results for lay patients: Evaluation study. Citation He Z, Bhasuran B, Jin Q, Tian S, Hanna K, Shavor C, Arguello LG, Murray P, Lu Z. Quality of an…

2336. 'Sorry' is still the hardest word. | PSNet
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      June 16, 2014 - April 11, 2011 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

2337. Medical malpractice: the fear factor. | PSNet
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      November 11, 2015 - December 22, 2010 100K Lives falling short.

2338. Medical mystery: alcoholism didn’t cause man’s diabetes and cirrhosis. | PSNet
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      July 06, 2011 - September 8, 2010 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

2339. Speak Up Video Series. | PSNet
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      November 27, 2018 - September 8, 2010 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

2340. When doctors say, "We're sorry." | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-doctors-say-were-sorry
      August 24, 2011 - July 31, 2012 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.