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101. Resources by Safety Topic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - by 25 percent in a cohort of over 100 acute care hospitals in the United States and abroad. … communicate changes in a resident’s condition to prevent and manage falls. … initiative and tools are designed to support healthcare providers treating older adults who are at risk of falling … AHRQ Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals This resource helps hospitals prevent CAUTI in patients … AHRQ Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals This toolkit provides guidance for hospitals

102. Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls. | PSNet
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     January 04, 2010 - Study Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls. … Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls. … Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls. … September 20, 2023 Reduction in hospital-wide clinical laboratory specimen identification … December 19, 2012 Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

103. A systematic review of falls in hospital for patients with communication disability: highlighting an invisible population. | PSNet
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     April 15, 2016 - Review A systematic review of falls in hospital for patients with communication disability … A systematic review of falls in hospital for patients with communication disability: Highlighting an … A systematic review of falls in hospital for patients with communication disability: Highlighting an … June 24, 2020 Sitters as a patient safety strategy to reduce hospital falls: a systematic … February 26, 2020 Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients:

104. A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce Falls in a Major Cancer Center (pdf file)
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     March 03, 2008 - Injuries sustained as result of patient falls in a cancer hospital are often severe, due to the nature … Introduction Patient falls are the most frequently reported adverse event in hospitals and the leading … falls in a cancer hospital are often severe because of the nature of the underlying medical condition … A high risk for falling was determined by having more than one risk variable present, as in the new … Since program implementation, this unit no longer has the most patient falls in the hospital; at the

105. The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls in children with physical and cognitive impairments. | PSNet
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     September 14, 2022 - EMERGING INNOVATIONS The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls in children … A multidisciplinary research team in the inpatient rehabilitation unit at the Texas Children’s Hospital … a United Kingdom hospital. … children's hospital. … Hospitals Quality and Safety Professionals Pediatrics Patient Falls View More

106. Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention program. | PSNet
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     December 02, 2020 - Study Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of an evidence-based … Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention … Patient falls are associated with poorer clinical outcomes, and increased costs to the health system … eight American hospitals. … December 5, 2013 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Ambulatory

107. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Talking about falls: a qualitative exploration of spoken communication of patients' fall risks in hospitals … Talking about falls: a qualitative exploration of spoken communication of patients’ fall risks in hospitals … in hospitals. … This study in three orthopedic and three geriatric wards describes multidisciplinary communication about … falls prevention strategies.

108. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 13, 2019 - In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in four hospitals in the United … In-Hospital Sequelae of Injurious Falls in 24 Medical/Surgical Units in Four Hospitals in the United … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-sequelae-injurious-falls-24-medicalsurgical-units-four-hospitals-united … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-sequelae-injurious-falls-24-medicalsurgical-units-four-hospitals-united-states … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-sequelae-injurious-falls-24-medicalsurgical-units-four-hospitals-united-states

109. Reducing preventable harm in hospitals. | PSNet
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     March 16, 2016 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Reducing preventable harm in hospitals. … Citation Text: Reducing preventable harm in hospitals. Bornstein D. New York Times. … hospital-acquired infections, patient falls , and culture change . … hospitals. … June 29, 2016 Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care.

110. Remote patient monitoring improves patient falls and reduces harm. | PSNet
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     April 16, 2018 - In this study, researchers analyzed electronic health record (EHR) data from a 13-hospital health care … August 4, 2021 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance. … August 9, 2023 Why hospitals still make serious medical errors—and how they are trying … April 17, 2013 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse Care … Patient Falls Technologic Approaches

111. The effect of bedrails on falls and injury: a systematic review of clinical studies. | PSNet
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     March 15, 2016 - March 15, 2016 Falls in English and Welsh hospitals: a national observational study based … June 17, 2014 Preventable deaths due to problems in care in English acute hospitals: … July 2, 2014 'Global Trigger Tool' shows that adverse events in hospitals may be ten … June 9, 2021 Sitters as a patient safety strategy to reduce hospital falls: a systematic … February 26, 2020 A systematic review of falls in hospital for patients with communication

112. Using human factors and ergonomics principles to prevent inpatient falls. | PSNet
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     November 09, 2022 - the risk for falls. … in Hong Kong. … November 9, 2022 Results and lessons from a hospital-wide initiative incentivised by … hospitals: an underestimated need for patient safety. … April 3, 2013 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality

113. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 04, 2017 - Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-hospitals-training-program Falls are a primary focus of … quality and patient safety improvement efforts in hospitals. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-hospitals-toolkit-improving-quality-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /issue/preventing-falls-hospitals-toolkit-improving-quality-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multicomponent-fall-prevention-strategy-reduces-falls-academic-medical-center

114. Reducing falls in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders: a quality improvement journey. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - Study Reducing falls in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer and blood … Reducing falls in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders: a quality improvement … This article describes a multipronged improvement effort to reduce falls in a pediatric hospital. … Reducing falls in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders: a quality improvement … a statewide collaborative and changes in hospital safety culture.

115. NPSD Data Spotlight: Patterns of Fall Interventions (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2023 - less severe harm or no harm to patients.8 Also, while analyses in NPSD focus on hospital events, NPSD … (CFER-H) that describe incidents occurring in settings other than hospitals. … Based on current fall prevention research, patients with differing risks of falling would benefit from … 10 hospital setting details that can impact fall risks. … , please see AHRQ’s: • Preventing Falls in Hospitals Toolkit • Fall TIPS: A Patient-Centered Fall

116. Use of standard risk screening and assessment forms to prevent harm to older people in Australian hospitals: a mixed methods study. | PSNet
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     May 11, 2022 - Use of standard risk screening and assessment forms to prevent harm to older people in Australian hospitals … Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality April 26, 2023 In-hospital … sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in four hospitals in the United States. … December 29, 2014 Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients: … February 1, 2012 Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.

117. The impact of adding a 2-way video monitoring system on falls and costs for high-risk inpatients. | PSNet
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     April 24, 2018 - This study evaluated the impact of video monitoring (VM) plus in-person sitters on falls among high-risk … patients at one academic hospital system. … hospital error and adverse event surveillance. … August 9, 2023 Why hospitals still make serious medical errors—and how they are trying … April 17, 2013 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse Care

118. ROI for a fall prevention intervention: invest a little, save a lot. | PSNet
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     September 13, 2017 - Falls and falls with injury are significant sources of morbidity and mortality and can have substantial … This study showed  that after implementing the Fall TIPS program, falls and falls with injury decreased … in several hospital units resulting in a return on investment of $982,700. … May 29, 2019 Alert burden in pediatric hospitals: a cross-sectional analysis of six academic … harm at a Canadian hospital: an exploratory study.

119. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 27, 2016 - Preventing Patient Falls: A Systematic Approach From the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare … Falls are a common hazard among both hospitalized and ambulatory patients. … This report summarizes the results of a collaborative to identify and address the root causes of falls … in hospitals and provides case studies from the participating organizations to illustrate their experiences … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/6-pack-programme-decrease-fall-injuries-acute-hospitals-cluster-randomised-controlled-trial

120. Emergency Department Visits for Injurious Falls among the Elderly, 2006 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - Elderly patients seen in the ED for injurious falls were less likely to be admitted to the hospital ( … Men, who 5 In 2006, approximately 80,000 hospital stays noting injurious falls were classified … Among the elderly, hospitalizations for fractures due to falls averaged $11,700 in hospital costs and … Hospital stays for internal organ injuries due to falls averaged $13,100 in hospital costs and 6.0 days … Types of hospitals included in HCUP HCUP is based on data from community hospitals, defined as short-term