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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/slides.html
November 01, 2017 - risk of falling
Enables staff to be more proactive, consistent, and accurate when identifying residents … falling? … occurred for residents with each risk factor included in the Falls High-Risk Report
Note that a … In order for a high-risk change of condition to appear on the Summary of Falls Risk Factors Reports …
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Where Resident Was Treated
Facility, ER, hospital
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac_rates_2019-updated.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Declines in Hospital-
Acquired Conditions
National efforts … to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries from falls helped … Adverse
Drug
Events
-28%
CAUTI*
-5%
CLABSI+
-6%
Clostridioides
difficile
Infections
-37%
Falls … Source: AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions Final Results for 2014-2017
-6% -8%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-2019-updated.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Declines in Hospital-
Acquired Conditions
National efforts … to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries from falls helped … Adverse
Drug
Events
-28%
CAUTI*
-5%
CLABSI+
-6%
Clostridioides
difficile
Infections
-37%
Falls … Source: AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions Final Results for 2014-2017
6% 8%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac_rates_2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Declines in Hospital-
Acquired Conditions
National efforts … to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries from falls helped … Events
-28%
CAUTI*
-5%
CLABSI+
-6%
Clostridioides
difficile
Infections
-37%
Falls … Source: AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hcfd-rev.pdf
November 01, 2023 - and fall risk) in hospital rooms of older
patients … (STFs) and
offered a proactive problem-solving approach to reduce STFs in acute care hospitals. … hospitals. … three hospitals. … The second study examined the effect of hospital bed
height as it relates to falls for patients with
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hcfd.pdf
November 01, 2023 - and fall risk) in hospital rooms of older
patients … (STFs) and
offered a proactive problem-solving approach to reduce STFs in acute care hospitals. … hospitals. … three hospitals. … The second study examined the effect of hospital bed
height as it relates to falls for patients with
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/safety-assess.html
October 01, 2020 - Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit
Patient and staff safety in a hospital … health care facilities can minimize such safety problems as health care-associated infections, patient falls … The toolkit:
Targets six areas of safety—infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries … Video on Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality
This video reviews the case for how … evidence-based hospital design increases patient and staff satisfaction and safety, quality of care,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
November 19, 2015 - hospitals in 2014 as
a result of the decline in HACs compared with the number of deaths that would … 17 percent reduction in HACs from 2010 to 2014 indicates that hospitals have
made substantial progress … at hospitals that have implemented a full EHR. … expanded its efforts in order to extend the success that hospitals have
achieved to all health care … MPSMS
(2014)
In-Hospital Patient
Falls
260,000 7.9
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
PSI (2013) OB
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/interimhacrate2014_cx.pdf
November 19, 2015 - hospitals in 2014 as
a result of the decline in HACs compared with the number of deaths that would … 17 percent reduction in HACs from 2010 to 2014 indicates that hospitals have
made substantial progress … at hospitals that have implemented a full EHR. … expanded its efforts in order to extend the success that hospitals have
achieved to all health care … MPSMS
(2014)
In-Hospital Patient
Falls
260,000 7.9
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
PSI (2013) OB
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module4/module4_fall-prevention.docx
September 20, 2017 - preventing falls? … preventing falls. … for falls. … Slide 13
SAY: All hospitals experience staff turnover. … This example comes from a hospital that implemented AHRQ’s Preventing Falls in Hospitals Toolkit.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/index.html?page=5
February 01, 2017 - Substantially Reduce Patient Falls Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-16 AHRQ Product(s): Preventing … Falls in Hospitals Toolkit Topic(s): Patient Safety, Prevention Geographic Location: Tennessee Country … Zealand Date: October 2016
Harvard Used AHRQ Data to Develop Tool to Analyze Utilization, Costs in … States of America Implementer: Harvard Medical School Date: September 2016
Sudan Teaching Hospitals … Better Health Communication in Tasmania Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-08 AHRQ Product(s): Health
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/nursing-homes.html
Nursing Homes
AHRQ has research, tools and resources for clinicians on topics such as preventing falls … and antimicrobial stewardship in nursing homes. … AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits … Safety Culture
Staffing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guide for Nursing Home Leaders
The Falls … Long-Term Care Facilities
Understanding Omissions of Care in Nursing Homes
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Connecticut Hospital … Using AHRQ Toolkit Impact Case Study Identifier: 2018-02 AHRQ Product(s): Preventing Pressure Ulcers in … Hospitals Toolkit Topic(s): Healthcare Costs, Outcomes, Patient Safety, Pressure Ulcers, Quality of … and Medical Center Date: May 2018
Mississippi Hospital Reduces Patient Falls by 25 Percent … Using AHRQ Program Impact Case Study Identifier: 2018-01 AHRQ Product(s): Preventing Falls in Hospitals
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/implementation-guide/appendix-c.html
September 01, 2017 - Hospital Practice Insights: Challenges and Solutions
These webinars are intended to … This webinar tells how to implement post-fall huddles, use data from post-fall huddles to reduce falls … An example hospital shares how it uses control charts. … This webinar focuses on how to incorporate critical thinking into staff education regarding falls and … DMAIC: A Deep Dive Into Reducing Patient Falls
Presented by Susan Mascioli, RN, B.S.N., M.S., CPHQ
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-results.html
November 01, 2017 - Only studies of single hospitals or local hospital networks reported consequences of CLABSI for a general … Our search for recent literature on in-hospital falls in the United States returned very few results … addition, many more recent studies that address additional cost due to in-hospital falls base their … finding reliable sources of data on injuries linked exclusively to in-hospital falls. … leading to an admission and falls occurring in the institution.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/areas.html
February 01, 2018 - also develop practical, research-based tools and resources that help clinicians and others working in … the nation’s hospitals, nursing homes, medical offices, and other settings make care safer for their … Our areas of research and tools cover:
Healthcare Infections
Team Training
Falls
Pressure Ulcers
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/process-analysis.html
January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Tool 2C: Current Process Analysis
Previous Page Next Page … Table of Contents
Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Roadmap
Acknowledgments
Overview
Icons … in the current process. … Make each step in the process very specific. … Check to see if the toaster is plugged in. If not, plug in the toaster.
Check setting on toaster.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html
June 01, 2022 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care focuses on overcoming the challenges … The Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety will help hospitals work … The Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit assists hospital staff in implementing effective … represent a patient safety problem, and they can be a signal that the resident is at increased risk for falling … Three Addresses Falls Prevention and Management.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - Preliminary 2015 estimates indicate that more than 37,000 fewer patients died in hospitals in 2015 as … HACs from 2010 to 2015 indicates that hospitals have made substantial progress in improving safety. … expanded its efforts in order to extend the success that hospitals have achieved to all health care … MPSMS (2015)
In-Hospital Patient Falls
220,000
6.7
Obstetric Adverse Events
PSI (2014 … hospitals
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/hacrate2013_0.pdf
October 01, 2015 - MPSMS (2013) In-Hospital Patient
Falls
240,000 7.2
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
PSI (2013) OB Trauma … A multicenter qualitative study on preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract
infection in U.S. hospitals … Reduction of falls-related injuries using a hospital inpatient falls
prevention program. … Characteristics and circumstances of falls in a hospital setting: a prospective
analysis. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences.