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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/challenge-competition.html
February 01, 2024 - impact story: Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
At Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, AHRQ’s Preventing Falls … The "Fall Free Friday" activities resulted in a 31% decrease in acute care falls from 4th quarter 2022 … Their experience using this tool is summarized in "Impact of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Tools: Preventing Falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-promoting-high-quality-staff-interactions-fall-prevention-nursing-homes-cluster
July 13, 2010 - Falls represent a significant cause of patient injury in the hospital setting, and evidence suggests … January 17, 2024
Patient Safety Innovations
Preventing Falls … February 17, 2021
Partnering to prevent falls: using a multimodal multidisciplinary team … See More About The Topic
Long-Term Care
Health Care Providers
Geriatrics
Patient Falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-or-potentially-inappropriate-psychotropics-and-adverse-health-outcomes-older
November 20, 2013 - take potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) are at increased risk of adverse events such as falls … These studies investigated the association with PIP use association of falls , mortality, negative impact … Initiative to deprescribe high-risk drugs for older adults presenting to the emergency department after falls … September 28, 2022
Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/apcfigtxt3.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix C3: … Unsafe Behavior Worksheet Sample
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/falls-infographic.pdf
December 31, 2021 - : Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD), events reported through December 31, 2021 in the NPSD Falls
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hcfd-041825.pdf
April 01, 2025 - the spread and
transmission of HAIs and implementing design details that can reduce the incidence of falls … Prevention
AHRQ also funded projects exploring strategies for the detection and prevention of patient falls … • Evaluate the impact of single patient rooms on outcomes such as infection, patient
falls, patient … have occurred or when the risk of falls is increasing. … By detecting falls or increased fall risk early with sensors in the home, this new
technology can act
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837672/psn-pdf
July 13, 2022 - /optimizing-post-acute-care-patient-safety-scoping-review-multifactorial-fall-
prevention
Patient falls … This scoping review discusses
common post-acute care intervention domains to reduce falls for older … optimizing-post-acute-care-patient-safety-scoping-review-multifactorial-fall-prevention
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74239/psn-pdf
January 12, 2022 - evaluation-clinical-practice-guidelines-fall-prevention-and-management-older-adults
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-risk-medications-hospitalized-elderly-adults-are-we-making-it-easy-do-wrong-thing … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-built-environment-patient-falls-hospital-rooms-integrative-review
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/bringing-communities-and-technology-together-healthy-aging/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - top- five reasons that older adults in Wisconsin leave their homes: 1) loneliness and isolation; 2) falls … ; 3) relapse from proven falls-prevention strategies; 4) loss of driving privileges; and 5) unreliable … Elder Tree and its driving, falls-prevention, and service-dependability systems will be promoted and … formerly E-CHESS) to facilitate aging in place by addressing the issues of loneliness and isolation, falls … (Upcoming)
Promote wide dissemination of Elder Tree and its related driving, falls prevention, and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-improve-patient-safety-outcome-indicator-preventing-or-reducing-falls
March 24, 2021 - Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls … Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls. … Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/instructor.html
October 01, 2014 - Falls Prevention
Appendix 1-A. Suggested Slides for Module 1
Appendix 1-B. … Falls Prevention and Management . … Falls Prevention
Principal Message
Principal Audiences
Workbook Content Overview
… Translating the Teaching into Practice
Quality Improvement
Applying QI to Improving Falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/open-better-care
January 28, 2015 - The initiative aims to build collaborative programs across New Zealand to reduce falls , health care–associated … December 22, 2021
Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from … falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Schade_63.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Smaller numbers focused on infections, devices,
laboratory errors, surgical errors, and falls. … in a statewide falls-prevention collaborative. … QI efforts focused on falls, patient flow through the
emergency room, and medication errors. … Right after that, we saw a decrease in falls.” … Characteristics
and circumstances of falls in a hospital setting: A
prospective analysis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-effectiveness-engaging-patients-and-their-families-three-step-fall-prevention
February 19, 2020 - July 18, 2018
Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of … February 1, 2023
Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls … June 12, 2019
In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in … March 5, 2010
Relationship between call light use and response time and inpatient falls
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb9.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B28: … Nursing Inspection List
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Write the unit name, date, and room numbers across the top
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December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix C7: … Fax Back Orders Sample
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/bringing-communities-and-technology-together-healthy-aging/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - ; 3) relapse from proven falls-prevention strategies; 4) loss of driving privileges; and 5) unreliable … system to sustain the benefits of an evidence-based falls-prevention program for older adults. … Lastly, E-CHESS and its related driving, falls prevention, and service dependability systems will be … Adapt E-CHESS to facilitate aging in place by addressing the issues of: loneliness and isolation; falls … (Upcoming)
Promote wide dissemination of E-CHESS and its related driving, falls prevention, and service
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manwsa.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B7: … Seating Assessment (Text Description)
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First complete the History box below. … Adjustment to back of wheelchair
__ Other ________________________________
Reason: Anterior Pelvic Tilt, Falling
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/hit-strategic-plan-sw-minnesota-health-providers
January 01, 2023 - $196,274
Principal Investigator(s)
Ness, Charles
Organization
Granite Falls … Municipal Hospital & Manor
Location
Granite Falls
Minnesota
Project Dates … Care Theme
Interoperability
The Minnesota Rural Health Cooperative, with the Granite Falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45739/psn-pdf
July 02, 2017 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-risk-medications-hospitalized-elderly-adults-are-we-making-it-easy-do-
wrong-thing
Falls … Investigators examined 328 falls and found that more than 60% of the older
patients who fell had received … incidence-and-types-preventable-adverse-events-elderly-patients-population-based-review
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta