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  1. SOPS Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Nursing Homes: 2025 Updated Results Part I (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2025_nursing_home_wps_ptI.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Max Item 1 36% 12.26 8% 10% 25% 35% 49% 62% 96% If your nursing home’s score is 55%, your score falls … here: If your nursing home’s score is 65%, your score falls here: If your nursing home’s score is … 55 percent positive, it falls above the 75th percentile (but below the 90th), meaning that your nursing … If your nursing home’s score is 65 percent positive, it falls above the 90th percentile, meaning your

  2. Final Progress Report: Quality Care and Error Reduction in Rural Hospitals (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/cook-hoas-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - of problems most typically recognized and identified as problematic (medication errors and patient falls … encountered only medication-related errors (the wrong time, dose, drug, or mode of delivery), patient falls … hospital detailed organizational efforts to reduce medication errors and, to a lesser degree, patient falls … context, most errors are attributed to the nursing staff, so overall responsibility for patient safety falls

  3. SOPS Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Nursing Homes: 2025 Updated Results Part I (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2025-nursing-home-workplace-safety-report-pt1.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Max Item 1 36% 12.26 8% 10% 25% 35% 49% 62% 96% If your nursing home’s score is 55%, your score falls … here: If your nursing home’s score is 65%, your score falls here: If your nursing home’s score is … 55 percent positive, it falls above the 75th percentile (but below the 90th), meaning that your nursing … If your nursing home’s score is 65 percent positive, it falls above the 90th percentile, meaning your

  4. Using an inpatient portal to engage families in pediatric hospital care. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-inpatient-portal-engage-families-pediatric-hospital-care
    September 13, 2023 - February 16, 2022 Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling

  5. Work system barriers and facilitators in inpatient care transitions of pediatric trauma patients. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/work-system-barriers-and-facilitators-inpatient-care-transitions-pediatric-trauma-patients
    September 11, 2019 - the Same Author(s) Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling

  6. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NEDS Notes

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/injury_mvt/nedsnote.jsp
    May 01, 2015 - HCUP includes 11 data elements that identify the mechanism of the injury: cutting/piercing, drowning, falling

  7. Report Organization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal1.html
    January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Report Organization Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Executive Summary Report Organization Program Implementation Program Impact What We Le…

  8. Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospital-version-2-resource-list.pdf
    December 01, 2024 - Missed nursing care is linked to patient harm, including falls and infections. … • Patient Falls Reduction. • RCA Resource Guide. • SBAR. 8.

  9. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/training-tools-slideset.pptx
    May 01, 2017 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals. January 2013. … Preventing Falls in Hospitals. January 2013.

  10. Final Progress Report: Patient Safety in Hospice Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/smucker-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Injuries from falls: Common contributing factors for falls leading to harm included: • Patients living

  11. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/methods.html
    March 01, 2017 - Reports that focused on falls in the home were not regarded as addressing patient safety unless the falls

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33674/psn-pdf
    February 01, 2009 - these five things to prevent catheter-associated bloodstream infections, these seven things to prevent falls … scientific evidence that if you do these five things you will prevent most decubitus ulcers, or most falls

  13. A "Reflexive" Diagnosis in Primary Care | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/reflexive-diagnosis-primary-care
    April 01, 2008 - 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

  14. Exercise Handouts w/ Drawings (pdf file)

    cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/127731/FallPreventionChairExercises.pdf
    July 18, 2023 - Exercise Handouts w/ Drawings These exercises will help you to improve your balance and get stronger. Go online to homestrong.net for videos of each exercise and other tips. Sitting up straight, extend one leg as straight as you can. Hold for a count of 3. Slowly lower the leg down. Repeat with your other leg. 1. …

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74871/psn-pdf
    October 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention. February 14, 2023 Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2022 – October 2023. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-safety-program-mrsa-prevention Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are a persistent challenge in hospitals. Thi…

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47205/psn-pdf
    July 25, 2018 - Teamwork and Teamwork Training in Healthcare. July 25, 2018 Teamwork and Teamwork Training in Health care: An Integration and a Path Forward. Buljac-Samardzic M, Dekker-van Doorn C, Maynard MT, eds. Group Org Manag. 2018;43(3):351-527. doi:10.1177/1059601118774669. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teamwork-and-teamwor…

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45812/psn-pdf
    June 22, 2017 - A primer on PDSA: executing plan–do–study–act cycles in practice, not just in name. June 22, 2017 Leis JA, Shojania KG. A primer on PDSA: executing plan-do-study-act cycles in practice, not just in name. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017;26(7):572-577. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006245. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primer-pdsa-execu…

  18. Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20141022_cg/4_dale-shaller_closing.pdf
    June 12, 2015 - Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices www.cahps.ahrq.gov To Ask a Question 33 www.cahps.ahrq.gov 2013 CG-CAHPS Database Comparative Data Available www.cahpsdatabase.ahrq.gov 34 http://www.cahpsdatabase.ahrq.gov/ www.cahps.ahrq.gov 20…

  19. Using Root Cause Analysis to Improve Quality and Performance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/root-cause-analysis.html
    February 01, 2025 - Using Root Cause Analysis to Improve Quality and Performance Resource: Using Root Cause Analysis to Help Practices Understand and Improve Their Performance and Outcomes  (PDF, 908 KB, 18 pages) Part of an AHRQ curriculum used to train practice facilitators, this resource describes how practices can use a roo…

  20. Work system barriers and facilitators of a team health information technology. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/work-system-barriers-and-facilitators-team-health-information-technology
    March 11, 2020 - March 11, 2020 Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling
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