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  1. Fall risk and prevention agreement: engaging patients and families with a partnership for patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-risk-and-prevention-agreement-engaging-patients-and-families-partnership-patient-safety
    November 13, 2024 - a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical centers, April-June 2020. … May 3, 2017 Adverse events in long-term care residents transitioning from hospital back … Patient Safety Innovations Enhancing Support for Patients’ Social Needs to Reduce Hospital … Hospital staff views on patient involvement. … June 16, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Health Care

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40181/psn-pdf
    September 25, 2011 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-serious-fall-related-injuries-three-midwestern-hospitals In this study … , hospitalized patients experiencing serious injuries from falls were associated with higher operational … /issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta https … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-nonpayment-hospital-falls-and-unintended-consequences https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial

  3. The role of the chief executive officer in maximizing patient safety. | PSNet

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    January 03, 2017 - December 9, 2020 The tension between promoting mobility and preventing falls in the hospital … July 10, 2017 In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in … four hospitals in the United States. … March 23, 2011 Implementing patient safety initiatives in rural hospitals. … public hospitals.

  4. Eliminating Harm Checklists: Reduce All-Cause, Preventable Harm. | PSNet

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    October 19, 2016 - drug events , and falls. … May 6, 2015 Hand Hygiene Project: Best Practices from Hospitals Participating in the … July 8, 2013 Preventing Patient Falls: A Systematic Approach From the Joint Commission … November 1, 2016 Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care … October 5, 2015 Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us

  5. Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions
    July 21, 2022 - in unselected or increased-risk community-dwelling older adults reduce falls, fall-related morbidity … Do interventions to prevent falls in unselected or increased-risk community-dwelling older adults result … in any adverse effects? … What is the prognostic accuracy of falls risk assessment tools that are feasible for administration in … (e.g., hospitals, nursing or care homes, rehabilitation centers, or other long-term care facilities)

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 05, 2014 - Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital falls collaborative … Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in mental health: a 1-year multihospital falls collaborative … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-mental-health-1-year-multihospital-falls … This commentary relates the experience of five hospitals that implemented different fall prevention … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-mental-health-1-year-multihospital-falls

  7. Causes of Injuries Treated in the Emergency Department, 2010 (pdf file)

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    March 14, 2013 - to another hospital; or died in the ED). … Although falls were the most common type of injury that resulted in an ED visit for all age groups, … The NEDS includes 11 data elements that identify the cause of the injury: cutting, drowning, falling … Types of hospitals included in HCUP HCUP is based on data from community hospitals, which are defined … Community hospitals included in the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) have hospital-based

  8. Demonstrating the value of a standardized cognitive assessment tool through the use of interprofessional rapid safety rounds. | PSNet

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    December 02, 2020 - one site in January 2012. … 3 affiliated hospitals. … February 1, 2023 Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates … , 2022 Nurses' harm prevention practices during admission of an older person to the hospital … November 2, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 17, 2011 - Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-nonpayment-hospital-falls-and-unintended-consequences In October … The authors address the limited evidence in preventing falls and raise greater concern about the tradeoff … wisdom-and-justice-not-paying-preventable-complications https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 23, 2016 - Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities. … in the hospital are common, particularly among elderly patients, and falls resulting in serious injury … These strategies have been successfully applied and shown to reduce falls in high-quality studies. … in a recent AHRQ WebM&M commentary. … //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sentinel-event-alert https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial

  11. Appendixes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    November 01, 2017 - ("Accidental Falls" [mh] OR Falls [tiab] OR Falling [tiab] OR Fall [tiab] OR "Accidental Falls" [tiab … ] OR "Accidental Fall" [tiab] OR Slip [tiab] OR Faller [tiab]) AND (hospital*[tiab] OR inpatient* … related"[tiab] OR "inpatient"[tiab] OR "in hospital"[tiab] OR "in hospitals"[tiab] OR "within hospitals … "in hospital"[tiab] OR "in hospitals"[tiab] OR "within hospitals"[tiab])   Surgical … OR "inpatient"[tiab] OR "in hospital"[tiab] OR "in hospitals"[tiab] OR "within hospitals"[tiab]) AND

  12. An intervention to enhance nursing staff teamwork and engagement. | PSNet

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    June 21, 2010 - U.S. acute care hospital units: a cross-sectional study. … September 26, 2018 Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals. … October 17, 2012 Influence of unit-level staffing on medication errors and falls in military … hospitals. … care hospital units.

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45980/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Use of high-fidelity simulation to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration and reduce patient falls. … Use of High-Fidelity Simulation to Enhance Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Reduce Patient Falls. … This pre–post study of simulation-based team training resulted in higher teamwork scores and lower rates … of preventable falls over time. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-acute-care-hospitals-randomized-trial https://psnet.ahrq.gov

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37518/psn-pdf
    March 13, 2008 - Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls. … Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/innovation-patient-safety-new-task-design-reducing-patient-falls This study … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/innovation-patient-safety-new-task-design-reducing-patient-falls https:/ … /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44388/psn-pdf
    October 14, 2015 - - acquired conditions in rural and nonrural US hospitals. … Conditions in Rural and Nonrural US Hospitals. … pay for errors policy may affect rural hospitals differently than nonrural hospitals. … Rural hospitals had significantly fewer of these hospital-acquired conditions, except for patient falls … The lower rates in some of these conditions are likely related to rural hospitals generally seeing patients

  16. Beyond Nursing Quality Measurement: The Nation’s First Regional Nursing Virtual Dashboard (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Aydin_2.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - to all acute care hospitals in the State of California, as well as to selected hospital groups nationwide … Fall prevention process variables • Percent patients who fell assessed at risk for falling. … Falls/1,000 patient days; medical/surgical units in hospitals with ADC <100. … Thus, a hospital wishing to be in the best performing quarter for all CalNOC hospitals would select … Hospital trend report for falls per 1,000 patient days.

  17. Module 3. Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2014 - (negative effects on a resident's health) that happen in both hospitals and long-term nursing centers … This module reviews the problem of falls in nursing settings. … Understand the risk factors for falls. Understand which residents are at high risk of falling. … What are his risk factors for falling? … that a resident is doing something that puts him or her at risk of falling, unit by unit, in the whole

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41911/psn-pdf
    December 12, 2012 - Effects of an intervention to increase bed alarm use to prevent falls in hospitalized patients: a cluster … Effects of an intervention to increase bed alarm use to prevent falls in hospitalized patients: a cluster … - cluster In this randomized controlled trial, use of a standardized bed alarm system did not reduce … falls in elderly hospitalized patients compared with usual care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-hospitals-integrative-review

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42099/psn-pdf
    March 13, 2013 - An institutional approach to fall prevention is discussed in an AHRQ WebM&M perspective. … inpatient-fall-prevention-programs-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/never-events https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-preventing-falls-acute-and-chronic-care-hospitals-systematic-review-and-meta … perspective/implementing-fall-prevention-program https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-education-prevent-falls-among-older-hospital-inpatients-randomized-controlled-trial … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-nonpayment-hospital-falls-and-unintended-consequences https://

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836995/psn-pdf
    April 27, 2022 - injury after falls in hospital inpatients. … injury after falls in hospital inpatients. … issue/multifactorial-interventions-reduce-duration-and-variability-delays-identification- serious Hospitals … employ a variety of strategies to prevent inpatient falls. … small individual effects resulted in a substantial cumulative positive impact on delays in the diagnosis
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