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teamstepps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/updatedhacrateinfo.pdf
June 01, 2014 - methods used to compute
this data are identical to those used to compute the 2010 baseline, as described in … The data for 2011 and 2012 are shown in Table 1 below. … 32,750,000
Discharges—
Based on 2010
Baseline)
2012 PFP
Measured
HACs per
1,000
Discharge
s
Falls … MPSMS In-Hospital Patient
Falls
260,000 7.80 230,000 7.16
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
PSI OB Trauma … in
Vaginal Delivery With
(PSI 18) and Without
Instrument (PSI 19)
82,000 2.51 77,000 2.36
Pressure
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January 01, 2024 - Discharge
(220)
Hospitalization
(534)
Hospital Readmissions
(323)
Hospitals
(757)
Human … can successfully prevent falls. … Keywords: Adverse Events, Falls, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Prevention
Braithwaite S , Friedman … Microsimulation was used to assess the financial impact on hospitals of a surge in influenza admissions … The analysis revealed that in the matched cohort, in-hospital and 30-day postdischarge mortality rates
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July 01, 2018 - Mission
The Quality Indicators (QIs) are measures of health care quality that use readily available hospital … Currently, the AHRQ Quality Indicators are only for use with administrative data in acute care hospitals … diagnostic centers) or populations (e.g., mental health or substance abuse, emergency preparedness, patient falls … The AHRQ QIs are used in free software distributed by AHRQ. … The software programs can be applied to any hospital inpatient administrative data.
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August 28, 2012 - Once hospital leaders are on board, they should appoint a senior executive to the CUSP team to ensure … For example, if a hospital is engaged in an organization-wide improvement initiative to decrease falls … Having the Newborn Critical Care Center complete a falls risk assessment for each patient for each shift … For example, if a hospital wants to spread a new process for patient identification, it can test the … For example, for a falls prevention program, quantitative measures to evaluate can include the falls
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teamstepps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/index.html
September 01, 2022 - U.S. hospitals. … the magnitude of adverse events among hospital patients covered by Medicare and to create a baseline … Transferred to AHRQ in 2009, MPSMS is now in its 15th year. … frequently occurring events, e.g., not just fall rates over a given time, but also the percentage of falls … hospitals.
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January 01, 2012 - Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
How Patient and Family Engagement
Benefits Your Hospital
Information … In a pilot implementation project, hospitals that implemented the strategies in the Guide observed improved … medication errors, a 40 percent reduction in falls, and a 50 percent decrease in length of stay.4
Improved … care processes.9 When patients and families remain disengaged, hospitals waste resources in the form … of preventable readmissions.18
Enhanced hospital market share and competitiveness
For many hospitals
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July 01, 2023 - Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Data & Measures
Digital Healthcare Research
Education & Training
Hospitals … Available from AHRQ
Tools
Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Hospitals … government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the healthcare system—from hospitals … Harms such as adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, falls, and obstetric adverse events … safety practices in selected harm areas.
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November 01, 2021 - Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Data & Measures
Digital Healthcare Research
Education & Training
Hospitals … Available from AHRQ
Tools
Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Hospitals … Patient Safety
Patient Safety Research Summaries
Patient Safety Resources by Setting
Hospital … Hospital Labor and Delivery Units
Emergency Department
Long Term Care
Resources … Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
End of Life Care
Home and Community-based Services
Falls
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March 01, 2021 - Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Data & Measures
Digital Healthcare Research
Education & Training
Hospitals … Available from AHRQ
Tools
Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Hospitals … Advancing Heart Health
Origin
Cooperatives
EvidenceNOW Stories
EvidenceNOW in … (Asheville, NC)
New Ideas Lead to Big Changes in Care
"The practice is constantly developing … Steven Brantley (Klamath Falls, OR)
Using Data To Tackle Undiagnosed Hypertension and Improve
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August 01, 2023 - SHARE:
More topics in … /hospital
Hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgery centers
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance … /oas
In-center hemodialysis facilities
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/ich
Nursing homes … the hospital and other healthcare environments. … The toolkit addresses approaches to desgin tat target six areas of safety: infections, falls, medication
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April 01, 2023 - 2: Communicating Change in a Resident’s Condition
• Module 3: Falls Prevention and Management
SOPS … a hospital or skilled nursing facility. … The toolkit is designed to aid facilities in developing a comprehensive falls prevention program. … a history of falls.
5. … the Long-Term Care Setting
Falls Management Program
Framework for Improving Joy in Work
Get Connected
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November 01, 2017 - Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Data & Measures
Digital Healthcare Research
Education & Training
Hospitals … Available from AHRQ
Tools
Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Hospitals … Hospital Labor and Delivery Units
Emergency Department
Long Term Care
Resources … Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits . … Falls Prevention
For each topic, the Web site provides a description of the reports and suggested meetings
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April 01, 2023 - Safety in Hospitals: A Resource List
for Users of the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient
Safety Culture … is to
improve patient safety in hospitals by focusing on specific goals. … • Patient Falls Reduction.
• RCA Resource Guide.
• SBAR.
9. … Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program
https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtraining … Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program
10. Framework for Improving Joy in Work
11.
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July 01, 2023 - Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Data & Measures
Digital Healthcare Research
Education & Training
Hospitals … Available from AHRQ
Tools
Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Hospitals … Other examples of effective check-backs include:
One member of the team calls out, "BP is falling, … BP is falling and at 80/48, down from 90/60." … hospital and long-term care settings ( TeamSTEPPS: Check-Back in Inpatient Surgical Terms ; TeamSTEPPS
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September 01, 2019 - Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Data & Measures
Digital Healthcare Research
Education & Training
Hospitals … Available from AHRQ
Tools
Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Hospitals … Different Settings
Measuring Hospital Quality
Measuring Health Plan Quality
Measuring … patients. 1
Patient Safety Measures:
Screening, risk-assessment, and plan of care to prevent future falls … in older adults.
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October 01, 2017 - Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program
Hospital Resources
CANDOR
Family-Centered … Hospitals Training Program
AHRQ developed the Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training … in Hospitals Toolkit . … Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program and the associated Pressure Ulcer Prevention … Hospital implementation teams should access the modules in sequential order, view the recommended Webinars
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April 23, 2024 - Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Data & Measures
Digital Healthcare Research
Education & Training
Hospitals … Available from AHRQ
Tools
Featured
Clinicians & Providers
Hospitals … Poor-Performing Hospitals
January 30, 2024
New Tool Helps Manage Opioid Use in Older Adults … Surveillance
October 24, 2023
New Data Resource Provides Insights on Factors Related to Falls … in Healthcare
September 26, 2023
AHRQ Awards $45 Million in Grants To Expand Access to Care
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April 01, 2023 - collaboration to foster greater accountability and improvements in hospital care. … This pilot test included 132 hospitals and resulted in over 19,000 completed surveys. … These focus groups were conducted in four cities and included adults who had recently been in a hospital … or who were caregivers for someone who had recently been in a hospital. … In the summer of 2004, the CAHPS Team worked with hospitals and vendors that volunteered to test the
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teamstepps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Implement_Hndbook_508.docx
August 01, 2010 - patient falls during change of shift, dropping from one to two patient falls per month to one patient … 3 months
Reduce the incidence of patient falls by 20 percent in 6 months
Step 2: Decide how to implement … In fact, this question achieved the highest score of all hospitals nationwide. … Patewood Memorial Hospital
Three hospitals implemented the Guide bedside shift report strategy in 2011 … All hospitals also saw improvements in CAHPS Hospital Survey scores after implementing bedside shift
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teamstepps.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html
January 01, 2024 - Discharge
(220)
Hospitalization
(534)
Hospital Readmissions
(323)
Hospitals
(757)
Human … Hospital-physician integration and clinical volume in traditional Medicare. … acute care across hospitals: early lessons from the Utility of Predictive Systems in Diagnostic Errors … Identifying and classifying diagnostic errors in acute care across hospitals: early lessons from the … Keywords: Hospital Readmissions, Medicare, Falls
Fleming MD , Safaeinili N , Knox M Organizational