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81. Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2017 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Falls. Obstetric Adverse Events. Pressure Ulcers. Surgical Site Infections. … ) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Falls … Beginning in 2008, CMS identified the HACs (e.g., CAUTI, falls and trauma, surgical site infection) for … Falls Fall during an inpatient admission, with or without injury, whether or not fall was assisted.

82. AHRQuality Indicators™ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … diagnostic centers) or populations (e.g., mental health or substance abuse, emergency preparedness, patient falls … Products The current AHRQ QI modules represent various aspects of quality: Prevention Quality Indicators

83. Assessing the Impact of Value-Based Purchasing Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2022 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), central-line bloodstream infections, (CLABSI) falls … change dropped by 11 percent for CAUTI and 10 percent for CLABSI but remained essentially the same for falls

84. Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook, 2023 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - Six types of safety events (i.e., Blood or Blood Products, Falls, Device or Medical/Surgical Supply … Over one half of Falls occurred in Inpatient care areas (51.5%; 92,861 / 180,345). … Other was the second most common reported location for falls (23.6%; 42,514 / 180,345). … Environmental factors were minor contributors for events, except for Falls (11.2%; 1,274 / 11,399) … Near Miss Prevention Actions by Event Type This figure examines the percentage of each NEAR MISS PREVENTION

85. Puh-Factraining-Guide (pdf file)
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    December 15, 2016 - EMR, data to make staff aware of residents at risk of adverse events such as pressure ulcers and falls … prevent four adverse events: pressure ulcers, pressure ulcers that are not healing appropriately, falls … On-Time reports for preventing falls and avoidable hospitalizations are currently in development. …  Pressure Ulcer Healing, Falls, and Avoidable Hospitalization reports and worksheets have been … The goal is to focus on prevention improvement.

86. Tool: Check-Back (or Repeat-Back) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Other examples of effective check-backs include: One member of the team calls out, "BP is falling, … BP is falling and at 80/48, down from 90/60." 

87. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)
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    June 29, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits Transfer Note and Intake Note Transfer Notes and Intake Notes are not required, but the elemen…

88. Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2017 - The Power of Nutrition for Pressure Ulcer Prevention —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation … Putting the Nutrition Guidelines into Practice for Pressure Injury Prevention —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention … Staff Roles and Training for Your Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention … Wound Classification —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program Training Webinar.  … Measuring Pressure Ulcer Rates and Prevention Practices —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program Training

89. On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits (pdf file)
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    November 30, 2013 - pulmonary disease • Asthma • Circulatory problems • Hypertension • Gastroenteritis • Angina pectoris • Falls … teams can use the report to track patterns, follow up on areas of decline, and monitor progress of new prevention … obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, circulatory problems, hypertension, gastroenteritis, angina, falls

90. AHRQ News Now | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 30, 2024 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Disabilities November 14, 2023 Clinical Decision Support Found To Improve Use of Blood Clot Prevention … Surveillance October 24, 2023 New Data Resource Provides Insights on Factors Related to Falls … Improve Healthcare Quality May 16, 2023 AHRQ Views: For Women’s Health Week, Let’s Make Prevention

91. Making Health Care Safer II, Executive Summary (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2013 - Examples include most fall prevention programs, VTE prophylaxis, and medical history abbreviations … Examples include some fall prevention programs, many clinical pharmacist interventions, and participation … radiation exposure or to help prevent stress-related gastrointestinal bleeding; and moderate, for PSPs falling … Moderate Infection Control Barrier precautions, patient isolation, and routine surveillance for the prevention … Encouraged patient safety practices • Multicomponent interventions to reduce falls • Use of clinical

92. Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook, 2019 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … information about patient activity prior to the fall, the use of risk assessments and of various fall prevention … Falls were divided into two groups: Falls known to have been Assisted, and Falls considered Unassisted … , which includes both Falls known to be Unassisted and Falls where it is Unknown whether assistance … Falls were divided into two groups: Falls known to have been Assisted, and Falls considered Unassisted

93. AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer Reports: Shaping Patient Safety Efforts in the 21st Century | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Harms such as adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, falls, and obstetric adverse events

94. First-of-Its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Chesapeake Regional Healthcare used AHRQ’s Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality … creation of the “Fall-Free Friday” initiative, which resulted in a 31 percent decrease in acute care falls

95. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights: Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Teamwork and Leadership (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2024 - : Collaboration and Proactive Teamwork Used To Reduce Falls 2012-2014 $599,990 Purpose: To implement … • The repeat fall rate within a hospital was negatively associated with the percentage of falls that … • Over a 2-year period, 353 falls were reported; 32 percent of the falls were injurious and 75 percent … Identifying a gait belt as an intervention decreases the odds of patients falling unassisted. … that even the largest healthcare organizations typically have only one person in the PSO role for the prevention

96. AHRQ Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Tools Featured Clinicians & Providers Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … frequently occurring events, e.g., not just fall rates over a given time, but also the percentage of falls

97. Recovering After Hip Fracture Surgery (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2023 - Taking care of your surgical wound ■ Showering ■ Urinating ■ Sleeping ■ Home setup ■ Preventing falls … toilet (called a: commode) 20 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Prevent Falls … Recovery at Home Taking Care of Your Surgical Wound Showering Urinating Sleeping Home Setup Prevent Falls

98. On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits Functional Specs (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2017 - On-Time provides EMR reports for improving clinical decisionmaking for pressure ulcer prevention, pressure … ulcer healing, prevention of inappropriate hospitalizations, and falls prevention.

99. PowerPoint Presentation
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    November 30, 2013 - Disease Asthma Circulatory Problems Hypertension or Renal Failure Gastroenteritis Angina Pectoris Falls … rate) Enables clinicians to track patterns, follow up on areas of decline, and monitor progress of new prevention

100. Health Literacy and Patient and Family Engagement: Strategic Tools to Prevent CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Data & Measures Digital Healthcare Research Education & Training Hospitals & Health Systems Prevention … Applied to CAUTI Prevention: Improves patient understanding of catheters: Appropriate reasons for … Applied to CAUTI Prevention: Enhances patient-centered, compassionate care Improves patient safety … “If you are concerned about falling (or the family is concerned) please let the hospital staff know because … your movement in bed and in your room and may actually make it more difficult to walk and/or lead to falls