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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-health-care-facilities
December 23, 2016 - Sentinel Event Alerts
Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities … Citation Text:
Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities. … Falls in the hospital are common, particularly among elderly patients , and falls resulting in serious … at risk for falls, establishing a multidisciplinary fall prevention team, using patient-specific approaches … These strategies have been successfully applied and shown to reduce falls in high-quality studies .
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-education-prevent-falls-among-older-hospital-inpatients-randomized-controlled-trial
February 14, 2017 - The fall prevention evidence base was also augmented by a recent study that used an individualized … fall prevention strategy to sharply reduce falls in geriatric inpatients. … February 14, 2017
Insights into the climate of safety towards the prevention of falls … Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans
May 31, 2023 … September 13, 2017
Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-standards-implementing-fall-prevention-interventions-and-sustaining-lower-fall-rates
July 12, 2018 - Commentary
Safety standards: implementing fall prevention interventions and sustaining … Safety Standards: Implementing Fall Prevention Interventions and Sustaining Lower Fall Rates by Promoting … This commentary discusses how engaging nurse leadership in fall prevention efforts in a rehabilitation … Safety Standards: Implementing Fall Prevention Interventions and Sustaining Lower Fall Rates by Promoting … April 6, 2022
Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-clinical-practice-guidelines-fall-prevention-and-management-older-adults
March 09, 2022 - Review
Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management … Fall prevention in healthcare settings is a patient safety priority . … September 13, 2023
Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review. … July 13, 2022
Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review. … December 27, 2018
Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients:
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-center-patient-safety-falls-toolkit-2004
May 24, 2017 - Citation Text:
National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit 2004. … Toolkit to assist VA facilities in implementing or improving falls prevention efforts. … The toolkit provides information on (1) designing a falls prevention and management program; (2) effective … and fall-injury prevention. … April 6, 2011
Incidence, patterns, and prevention of wrong-site surgery.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-hospitals-toolkit-improving-quality-care
December 24, 2008 - Toolkit
Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … Citation Text:
Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. … information and resources to guide hospitals through process change to implement and sustain fall prevention … Copy URL
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Preventing Falls … December 27, 2014
Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/856592/psn-pdf
January 01, 2024 - Talking about falls: a qualitative exploration of spoken
communication of patients' fall risks in hospitals … and
implications for multifactorial approaches to fall
prevention. … and implications for multifactorial approaches to fall
prevention. … prevention strategies. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/it-possible-identify-risks-injurious-falls-hospitalized-patients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-inpatient-falls-across-clinical-departments
September 15, 2021 - Hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments. … Patient falls resulting in injury are considered a never event. … Clinical department, rates, and trends should be considered when implementing fall prevention strategies … Hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments. … November 2, 2022
Artificial intelligence for identifying the prevention of medication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fall-prevention-smart-socks-system-reduces-hospital-fall-rates
September 09, 2020 - Study
Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates. … Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates. … 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 … Fall prevention with the Smart Socks System reduces hospital fall rates.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/no-fall-zone
February 01, 2012 - Citation
Related Resources
Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls … and injury from falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care. … February 1, 2012
Elderly Falls. … February 1, 2012
Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a systematic … November 10, 2010
Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/framing-patient-safety-initiatives-working-model-and-case-example
April 05, 2017 - prevention program. … Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans
May 31, 2023 … multihospital falls collaborative. … falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care. … February 1, 2012
Falls prevention at Mayo Clinic Rochester: a path to quality care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/it-possible-identify-risks-injurious-falls-hospitalized-patients
December 12, 2012 - Despite limited evidence that hospital fall prevention programs can decrease them , patient falls have … Since only about 1 in 10 falls result in injury, some argue that rather than trying to prevent all falls … March 13, 2019
Fall prevention implementation strategies in use at 60 United States hospitals … September 25, 2011
Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial. … September 20, 2011
An inpatient fall prevention initiative in a tertiary care hospital
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-perception-fall-risk-and-fall-risk-screening-scores
December 07, 2022 - Falls in inpatient healthcare settings are a common patient safety event. … Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans
May 31, 2023 … of falls in children with physical and cognitive impairments. … February 17, 2021
Patient activation related to fall prevention: a multisite study … December 21, 2014
Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/843324/psn-pdf
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
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Patient falls are associated with poorer clinical outcomes, and increased costs to … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-inpatient-falls-and-cost-benefit-analysis-implementation-evidence-based-fall-prevention … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-inpatient-falls-and-cost-benefit-analysis-implementation-evidence-based-fall-prevention
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-who-falls-its-always-trade
February 17, 2011 - Commentary
The patient who falls: "It's always a trade-off." … The patient who falls: "It's always a trade-off". … The authors also describe how to integrate such prevention strategies into clinical practice. … The patient who falls: "It's always a trade-off". … Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans
May 31, 2023
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-fall-related-injuries-long-term-care-randomized-controlled-trial-staff-education
February 17, 2011 - Study
Prevention of fall-related injuries in long-term care: a randomized controlled … The authors assessed the efficacy of a staff training program for reducing patient falls but found no … April 30, 2024
Patient Safety Innovations
Preventing Falls … April 6, 2022
Partnering to prevent falls: using a multimodal multidisciplinary team. … Topic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866728/psn-pdf
September 18, 2024 - ROI for a fall prevention intervention: invest a little, save a
lot. … ROI for a fall prevention intervention: invest a little, save a lot. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/roi-fall-prevention-intervention-invest-little-save-lot
Falls and falls … This study showed
that after implementing the Fall TIPS program, falls and falls with injury decreased … pilot-testing-fall-tips-tailoring-interventions-patient-safety-patient-centered-fall
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-patient-centered-fall-prevention-tool-kit-reduce-falls-and-injuries-nonrandomized
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multifactorial-interventions-reduce-duration-and-variability-delays-identification-serious
July 20, 2022 - Hospitals employ a variety of strategies to prevent inpatient falls . … Article
Study
The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention … of falls in children with physical and cognitive impairments. … August 18, 2021
Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary … December 23, 2020
An inpatient fall prevention initiative in a tertiary care hospital
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-nonpayment-hospital-falls-and-unintended-consequences
October 19, 2022 - Commentary
Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences. … February 2, 2011
Effect of an emergency department process improvement package on suicide prevention … March 20, 2013
Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a systematic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49392/psn-pdf
April 01, 2003 - Various strategies are used for fall prevention in the hospital. … Every time a weak or frail patient walks, he or she may be at risk of falling. … Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons. … Prevention of falls in hospitalized and institutionalized older people. … A multifactorial intervention to reduce the risk of falling among
elderly people living in the community