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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 28, 2012 - Interventions for preventing falls in acute- and chronic- care hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis … Interventions for preventing falls in acute- and chronic-care hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic … has not been reduced by hospital fall prevention programs, although similar efforts appear to be more … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 07, 2009 - Falls in English and Welsh hospitals: a national observational study based on retrospective analysis … Falls in English and Welsh hospitals: a national observational study based on retrospective analysis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/falls-english-and-welsh-hospitals-national-observational-study-based- retrospective-analysis … This multi-institutional survey sought to characterize the incidence of falls among inpatients in different … hospital environments and identified wide variation in both fall rates and reporting practices.

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 21, 2014 - Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients: a randomized controlled trial. … In this study conducted at two Australian hospitals, cognitively intact patients who received a multimodal … in geriatric inpatients. … A case of recurrent falls is discussed in an AHRQ WebM&M commentary. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta

  4. Use of high-fidelity simulation to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration and reduce patient falls. | PSNet

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    September 23, 2020 - rates of preventable falls over time. … a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical centers, April-June 2020. … October 19, 2022 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance … June 25, 2018 Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … February 29, 2012 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Health

  5. Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates. | PSNet

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    September 09, 2020 - Fall prevention is a safety priority in hospital settings. … sensors that detect when a patient is trying to stand up – reduced fall rates among patients at risk of falls … August 4, 2021 Hospital acquired infections in surgical patients: impact of COVID-19- … July 26, 2011 Is there a "July phenomenon" in pediatric neurosurgery at teaching hospitals … December 22, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2023 - Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention … Cost of inpatient falls and cost-benefit analysis of implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention … economic costs of implementing the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (Fall TIPS) Program in … eight American hospitals. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-serious-fall-related-injuries-three-midwestern-hospitals

  7. The Nursing Home Expert Panel’s Falls Investigation Guide Toolkit: How-To Guide. | PSNet

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    January 09, 2025 - Tools/Toolkit The Nursing Home Expert Panel’s Falls Investigation Guide Toolkit: … Patient falls are common sentinel events . …   Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Hospital … environment: a study of 484 COVID-19-related event reports across 94 hospitals September 1, 2021 … review of root cause analyses of falls leading to adverse events.

  8. Partnering to Improve Patient Safety in Rural WV - Final Report (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2007 - The Falls Collaborative resulted in an overall decrease in the rate of falls. … A pilot effort, involving either one hospital (ADE project) or two hospitals (Falls collaborative), … Using RCA to Reduce Falls in Rural Health Care Facilities. … “How to reduce Repeat Falls in Healthcare Facilities in West Virginia.” … “RCAs in Falls Prevention,” Falls Collaborative, Flatwoods, WV. October 10, 2006. 26.

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2012 - Influence of unit-level staffing on medication errors and falls in military hospitals. … Influence of unit-level staffing on medication errors and falls in military hospitals. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-unit-level-staffing-medication-errors-and-falls-military-hospitals … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-unit-level-staffing-medication-errors-and-falls-military-hospitals … nurses-relate-contributing-factors-involved-medication-errors https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-education-prevent-falls-among-older-hospital-inpatients-randomized-controlled-trial

  10. Falls prevention at Mayo Clinic Rochester: a path to quality care. | PSNet

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    January 22, 2017 - January 22, 2017 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance … April 16, 2019 Association of patient and family reports of hospital safety climate with … in ORs in the Veterans Health Administration. … July 25, 2012 Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review. … July 21, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurses

  11. Evaluation and Integration of an Automatic Fall Prediction System - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2012 - means to predict risk of falls for elderly residents in assisted living facilities (ALF). … Medications, ADLs, residents’ history of falls, and Fractal D were entered as predictors in a multinomial … D with known predictors of falling in older persons, such as having had a fall in the previous year, … more than 150 VA-operated hospitals. … Fractal D in combination with a history of one or more falls in the prior year is a strong fall predictor

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 20, 2011 - Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. … Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. … among the preventable complications of hospital care for which hospitals no longer receive additional … Experts in the field have questioned the wisdom of this policy; even though falls are common, little … reduction in falls by using a customized fall prevention strategy.

  13. The impact of safety culture, quality of care, missed care and nurse staffing on patient falls: a multisource association study. | PSNet

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    August 16, 2023 - In this study of 619 hospital nurses, a strong safety climate , good working conditions, and lower rates … of self-reported missed care were associated with a lower incidence of inpatient falls. … acute-care hospitals. … May 13, 2020 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse Care … Patient Falls Missed Care Latent Errors View More

  14. Do falls and other safety issues occur more often during handovers when nurses are away from patients? Findings from a retrospective study design. | PSNet

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    January 08, 2020 - This retrospective study examined the incidence of falls during nursing handovers performed in designated … No differences in the incidence of falls or fall severity during handovers performed away from patients … December 1, 2021 How do hospital inpatients conceptualise patient safety? … the hospital setting: a prospective observational study. … October 6, 2016 Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals.

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 03, 2017 - Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients? … Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients? … limited evidence that hospital fall prevention programs can decrease them, patient falls have been … Since only about 1 in 10 falls result in injury, some argue that rather than trying to prevent all falls … /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta

  16. A longitudinal study of a multifaceted intervention to reduce newborn falls while preserving rooming-in on a mother-baby unit. | PSNet

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    March 20, 2019 - A longitudinal study of a multifaceted intervention to reduce newborn falls while preserving rooming-in … This article discusses a quality improvement initiative launched at one hospital aimed to decrease newborn … Three years after implementation, the hospital achieved one year without any newborn falls and there … A longitudinal study of a multifaceted intervention to reduce newborn falls while preserving rooming-in … December 12, 2012 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Labor

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 05, 2015 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-hospitals-toolkit-improving-quality-care This toolkit … offers information and resources to guide hospitals through process change to implement and sustain … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-hospitals-toolkit-improving-quality-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov

  18. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2008 - October 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services no longer reimburses costs associated with hospital-acquired … Falls Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital … Falls can lead to serious injuries, decreased ability to function, reduced quality of life, increased … fear of falling, and increased health care use. … AHRQ’s tools, training, and research on preventing falls in hospitals and nursing homes.

  19. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2008 - October 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services no longer reimburses costs associated with hospital-acquired … Falls Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital … Falls can lead to serious injuries, decreased ability to function, reduced quality of life, increased … fear of falling, and increased health care use. … AHRQ’s tools, training, and research on preventing falls in hospitals and nursing homes.

  20. Visitor restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased falls with harm at a Canadian hospital: an exploratory study. | PSNet

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    June 05, 2013 - Visitor restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased falls with harm at a Canadian hospital … pandemic and falls with harm at one Canadian hospital. … Visitor restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased falls with harm at a Canadian hospital … July 22, 2020 Medication reconciliation during hospitalization and in hospital-home interface … June 9, 2021 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Medicine
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