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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb23.html
December 01, 2017 - Falls in Nursing Homes. … Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people. … Prevention of falls in hospitalized and institutionalized older people. … Identifying nursing home patients at risk for falling. J Am Geriat Soc 1998;46(5):551-555. … Preventing falls in elderly persons. N Engl J Med 2003;348(1):42-4.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/index.html?page=8
October 01, 2015 - ›
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AHRQ Research Reviews, Medical Guidelines Featured in … America Implementer: Fairfield Medical Center Date: October 2015
AHRQ Tools Help Wisconsin Hospitals … Product(s): Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in … Hospital Quality and Safety, Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, Preventing Falls in Hospitals … Dignity Health Hospitals Impact Case Study Identifier: 2015-22 AHRQ Product(s): Re-Engineered Discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=323
January 01, 2024 - Readmissions, Hospitals, Hospitalization
Smith SN , Reichert HA , Ameling JM Dissecting … In this paper, the investigators evaluated bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), hospital-based … costs, and long-term survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in order to assess the … Falls and frailty in prostate cancer survivors: current, past, and never users of androgen deprivation … Hospital variation in rates of new institutionalizations within 6 months of discharge.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/castle-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - hospitals.11
Several states have laws for reporting adverse incidents8; however, many are focused
on … hospital incidents or only require hospitals and nursing homes to report sentinel
events (e.g., unexplained … distributed between for-profit (41.1%) and non-profit (42.1%) homes, with the remainder of
homes falling … Falls and fall prevention in the
nursing home. Clin Geriatr Med 1996;12:881-902.
7. … Computerized surveillance of
adverse drug events in hospital patients. JAMA 1991;266:2847-51.
30.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereport-handouts.html
June 01, 2017 - in reporting:
Transfer date and time
Transfer to location (hospital or ED)
Reason for transfer … a standardized way about the hospital or ED visit upon return to the nursing home, to use it in reporting … admission)
Hospital length of stay or hospital admission date
Treatment received in the ED, if returning … procedures received in the hospital, if applicable
Resident Name:
Admit Date:
Admit … Admit (Enter one of the following)
|___| Hospital Admission Date OR
|___| Hospital
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=330
January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Medication
Carey K Ambulatory surgery centers and prices in hospital outpatient … Ambulatory surgery centers and prices in hospital outpatient departments. … The directionality of observed relationship between falls and depressive symptoms (DS) is in need of … , which was positively associated with falls, was included in the model. … Evaluation of a novel mentor program to improve surgical care for US hospitals.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallpxreports-ig.pdf
November 09, 2017 - to Falls Prevention
Reports
SAY:
In this session we will introduce you to the On-Time Falls … The Falls High-Risk Report provides a weekly snapshot of
residents in a nursing home at highest risk … In addition, it can be run for just
injurious falls if desired rather than including all falls. … The system computes the number
of residents who had at least two falls in the report period. … Treated
Facility, ER, hospital admit Facility Facility ER ER Facility Facility
PCP
Notified?
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/738.html
November 01, 2020 - Healthcare Costs for Seniors Who Experience Falls Exceed $26,000 . … The average $26,143 in costs after falls included $1,957 spent on acute care and $20,560 spent on post-acute … In an AHRQ-funded study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , researchers tested … in home and office settings rather than in the hospital, and care provided in homes may not follow infection … safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/spectorhudak.ppt
December 01, 2013 - Nursing Homes
Pressure ulcers, falls, and preventable hospitalizations happen too often in nursing … & managing high risk residents to:
Prevent Pressure Ulcers
Monitor Pressure Ulcer Healing
Prevent Falls … HIT Vendor, Leadership commitment and multidisciplinary teams, data-driven QI
On-Time Avoidable Hospital-ED … evaluation
Clustered randomized control study in California NH chain with matching (Results in 2014 … /index.html
William.Spector@ahrq.hhs.gov
SLHudak@SLHclinicalconsulting.com
On-Time Avoidable Hospital-ED
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/fallpxreports.pptx
October 01, 2017 - of facility residents at highest risk of falling
Enables staff to be more proactive, consistent, and … Report
How many residents triggered for highest risk of falling? … information about activities of daily living
Included in the Falls High-Risk Report but not used in … and percentage of falls that have occurred for residents with each risk factor included in the Falls … None None None
Other
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Where Resident Was Treated Facility, ER, hospital
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/multiple-settings.html
July 01, 2022 - ed-cahps
Home healthcare
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/home
Hospices (hospice facility, hospital … /hospital
Hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgery centers
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance … the hospital and other healthcare environments. … The toolkit addresses approaches to desgin tat target six areas of safety: infections, falls, medication … hospitals and adapted to other settings.
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www.ahrq.gov/es/tools/index.html?page=2
September 01, 2023 - Education & Training Tools by Keyword or Topic
Topics
- Any - Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals … Indicators
This stand-alone pediatric version of the Quality Indicators Toolkit helps meet the needs of hospitals … Date Published: June 2016
Setting of Care: Hospital
Preventing Falls in Nursing … staff to prevent hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism. … in Hospitals
These materials assist hospital staff in implementing effective pressure ulcer prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/implmatls.html
November 01, 2017 - Are care plans developed for all residents determined to be at risk of falling? … Are interventions for primary prevention* included in a falls prevention care plan? … Are interventions for secondary prevention* included in a falls prevention care plan? … Does your facility have a policy to assess residents after falling? … Prevention of Falls in the Elderly, http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/prevention-of-falls-in-the-elderly-pro
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/index.html
July 01, 2023 - government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the healthcare system—from hospitals … a significant problem in the United States. … Harms such as adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, falls, and obstetric adverse events … safety practices in selected harm areas. … facilitating adoption and implementation in a timelier way.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3ap.html
October 01, 2014 - Module 3: Falls Prevention and Management
Appendix. … Development and validation of the Comprehensive Falls Risk Screening Instrument. … Falls: Nursing Standard of Practice Protocol: Fall Prevention. … Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes Campaign.accessed November 18, 2010.
Taylor JA. … The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities .
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Facts About Falls (continued)
Slide 3. Facts About Falls (continued)
Slide 4. … Facts About Falls
Opening slide of this Falls Management Program presentation. … age
One in three elderly persons living in the community fall each year
Of deaths caused by a fall … , 60% involve people who are ≥75 years of age
Falls account for 87% of all fractures in people ≥65 … complications
Loss of independence and decreased ability to function
Loss of self-confidence and fear of falling
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/reports.html
November 01, 2017 - Weekly Falls Risk or Safety Meetings
Abbreviations used in tables describing meetings: ADON = … that have occurred for residents with each risk factor included in the Falls High-Risk Report . … the falls. … For example, in the High-Risk Existing Conditions category, 8 falls were associated with Gait and Balance …
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Where Resident Was Treated
Facility, ER, hospital
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_Ldr_Slide_508.pptx
July 23, 2010 - Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
The Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
in Hospital Quality … In addition to the improvements in hospital performance already discussed, working with patients and … patient falls during change of shift, dropping from one to two patient falls per month to one patient … After implementing bedside shift report, hospitals reported an increase in patient satisfaction scores … and out-patient providers
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Information to Help Hospitals
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=195
January 01, 2024 - in rural hospitals. … to manage the complex patient, environmental, and system factors that result in falls. … Evaluating the use of multiteam systems to manage the complexity of inpatient falls in rural hospitals … Keywords: Falls, Hospitals, Inpatient Care, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Prevention … The investigators concluded that reductions in the probability of an unplanned readmission after a hospital
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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-Kellie_30.pdf
April 21, 2008 - hospitals. … hospitals has been less well-studied.5, 6, 7
In 2003, in order to further our understanding of this … of the four hospitals included in this report. … Reduced patient
falls
• To promote a culture of safety by
encouraging reporting of near-miss
falls … use of bed alarms, patient fall risk identifiers, and their staff’s
perception of patients’ risk for falling