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1. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response: Patient and Family Engagement (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2023 - injury and 11,000 in deaths.27 Falls are the most common adverse event in hospital settings28, 29 … its Preventing Falls in Hospitals Toolkit.41 Readmission rates and hospital length of stay are both … in more than 100 hospitals and continues to spread.56 Interested hospitals have free access to the … Preventing Falls in Hospitals. … Interventions to reduce falls in hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

2. Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing Home Settings (pdf file)
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   July 22, 2015 - , include falls, pressure ulcers, infection, including hospital acquired infection (HAI) and urinary … Home Compare Quality Indicators.10 These include: falls, pressure ulcers, infection, including hospital … Hospital Safety Interventions Potentially Relevant to NH Hospitals serve many patients who are at risk … Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals. … Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals.

3. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response_Deprescribing To Reduce Medication Harms in Older Adults (pdf file)
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   February 01, 2024 - In last year of life • decreased number of medications and PIMs • no difference in falls … clinical trial Acute care hospital and post- acute care Age ≥50 years with ≥5 pre- hospital … Following Hospital Discharge. … The effects of in-hospital deprescribing on potential prescribing omission in hospitalized elderly patients … Rates of Inappropriate Dosing in Older Adults at an Urban, Academic Hospital.

4. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2009 - topic, including populations, interventions, comparators, and outcomes, will be further developed in … The nominator is interested in children, adolescents, and adults with sustained cognitive, physical … The most common causes of TBI include motor vehicle accidents, falls, assaults, gunshot wounds, and … function to produce catastrophic changes in a person’s social system. … dependence, social isolation, divorce, and various forms of incarceration such as prisons or state hospitals

5. CER 215 Executive Summary: Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2019 - • Duloxetine most likely increases the risk of falls over longer treatment (<24 weeks) • Adverse events … (SSRIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in older adults with a history of falls or fractures.3 … citalopram (++)20 Inconclusive: falls, fractures, mortality No data SSRI vs. … Comparison of treatment persistence, hospital utilization and costs among major depressive disorder … Assessment of falls in older patients treated with duloxetine: a secondary analysis of a 24-week randomized

6. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2024 - , hospital-acquired pressure injuries, readmissions, and an increase in critical incidents.6 Adequate … acute care hospital settings, including hospital wards, intensive care units, operating rooms, and … emergency departments Not in acute care hospital setting Intervention Strategies/protocols to manage … a panel of hospitals. … Temporary Staffing and Patient Death in Acute Care Hospitals: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study.

7. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 24 Resident Safety Practices (pdf file)
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   May 27, 2016 - increase the risk of falling, for example. … hospitals. … Peer reviewer #5 Findings GQ1c—The discussion of falls is limited to the hospital and does not relate … We did not find evidence of falls interventions that were developed in the hospital being translated … in longterm care facilities than hospitals.

8. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2013 - The organization collaborates closely with CCNC, the North Carolina Hospital Association, local hospitals … Moravian Falls (NC): Project Lazarus [accessed 2013 Jul 2]. [1 p]. … Moravian Falls (NC): Project Lazarus [accessed 2013 Jul 2]. [1 p]. … Moravian Falls (NC): Project Lazarus [accessed 2013 Nov 13]. [1 p]. … Moravian Falls (NC): Project Lazarus [accessed 2013 Jul 2]. [1 p].

9. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 27 Patient Safety (pdf file)
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   October 19, 2016 - APhA members provide care in all practice settings, including community pharmacies, hospitals, long-term … the in hospital safety practices to primary care in ways that made sense The need for a safety outcome … Excluding in facility falls could easily become preventing in home falls but this does not seem to … Falls were explicitly considered and were not included in the list of PSPs to be covered in this technical … Cluttered environments, torn carpets, uneven flooring, exam table injuries (e.g., patients falling off

10. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Carolina Hospital Association, local hospitals and health departments, primary care providers, law … Moravian Falls (NC): Project Lazarus [accessed 2013 Jul 02]. [1 p]. … Moravian Falls (NC): Project Lazarus [accessed 2013 Nov 13]. [1 p]. … Moravian Falls (NC): Project Lazarus [accessed 2013 Jul 02]. [1 p]. … Moravian Falls (NC): Project Lazarus [accessed 2014 May 27]. [2 p].

11. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Examining the Impact of Implementing High-Reliability Organization Principles on Patient Safety Outcomes (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2025 - o Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals28: assist hospital staff in implementing effective pressure … Preventing pressure ulcers in hospitals. … Preventing Falls in Hospitals. … Organizational learning in hospitals: A realist review. … Self-reported adherence to high reliability practices among participants in the children's hospitals

12. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2024 - care hospitals or nursing home settings, the data primarily comes from hospital lab data and medical … Ray et al., 201751 Randomized controlled trial 15 acute care hospitals (one additional hospital … hospital- acquired C. difficile infection at intervention hospitals before vs after protocol implementation … Changes in Prevalence of Health Care- Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals. … reservoirs of Legionella in hospitals?

13. Hip-Fracture-Pain Consumer (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2011 - Yes, if: � You or the person you care for is an older adult (more than 50 years old) who is in a hospital … No, if: � You or the person you care for is in the hospital for anything other than a broken hip … Where does the information in this guide come from? … In older adults, a broken hip can occur from falling or from daily use if the femur is weak. … different before and after an operation, during rehabilitation, and after you come home from the hospital

14. Standardized Library of Atrial Fibrillation Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    November 15, 2018 - It is also not feasible in most cases to determine if a specific complication prolonged a hospital stay … criteria for a major bleed but prompts a clinical response such that it leads to one of the following: hospital … Development of pathological Q waves in the ECG. … percentile URL) or a rise of cTn values >20% if the baseline values are elevated and are stable or falling … Definition of major bleeding in clinical investigations of antihemostatic medicinal products in non

15. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings, 2023-2024 (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2024 - adults in pre-hospital, ED, or hospital-wide settings. … o Most studies found no reduction in falls, but a systematic review reported that half of the included … studies reduced falls. … fall prevention programs and found reduced falls. … Adverse Events in Hospitals: A Quarter of Medicare Patients Experienced Harm in October 2018.

16. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    December 09, 2009 - Quality of sleep in the hospital g. Ability to participate in rehabilitation h. … either sex who are diagnosed as having an acute hip fracture resulting from low energy trauma (e.g., slip … and fall) will be included. … , the ability to participate in rehabilitation, the quality of sleep in hospital, and length of stay … The prognosis of falls in elderly people living at home. Age Ageing 1999;28:121-5. 12.

17. 15 Crosscutting Potential High Impact 2012-12-11 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - Rural Areas Primary care access in rural and remote regions is limited by physician shortages, hospital … If the onus of improving patient adherence falls on the provider, staffing needs might increase because … One clinical expert claims, “Most hospitals and ERs don’t want these patient[s] anyway. … The hospital also states that the care team at the center includes (in addition to physicians) a geriatric … hospital claims that unit staff receive training in both geriatrics and communication with elderly

18. 15 Crosscutting Potential High Impact June 2012 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - If the onus of improving patient adherence falls on the provider, staffing levels might change, because … lighting, soft colors, and noise abatement features, handrails, flooring that is less likely to cause falls … hospital also states that the care team at the center includes (in addition to physicians) a geriatric … hospital claims that unit staff receive training in both geriatrics and communication with elderly … available resources. 47 However, this design poses many risks to the elderly population, including falls

19. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1406 (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2014 - same illness, an decreases in ED falls by seniors, (Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD; St. … to eight elderly patients a month were falling in the regular emergency room…none have fallen in the … One study reported no difference in time to return after 30 and 180 days or in average length of hospital … The first senior-specific ED in the United States was opened at Holy Cross Hospital in 2008.74 St. … In: Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting; 2012 Apr 1-4; San Diego (CA).

20. Adverse Effects of First-Line Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    February 07, 2018 - a history of falls or fractures.5 However they noted that there may be situations when use of these … include: • Age group (65 to 74y, 75 to 84y, and ≥85y) • Gender • Race or ethnicity • Risk of falls … events, as defined per the study • Hospitalization • Emergency room visit • Falls • Fractures • … Hospital or urgent care settings will be excluded. … care setting (i.e. specialist or generalist outpatient setting, rehabilitation or nursing home) Hospital