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  1. ACOG Committee Opinion #327: "Do not use" abbreviations. | PSNet

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    February 15, 2006 - influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection prevention … Health-Literate Approach to Patient Safety October 9, 2019 E-collection: Safety and Error Prevention

  2. Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation, Second Edition. | PSNet

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    October 05, 2022 - Resources Perspective The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls … In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls

  3. Recovering After Hip Fracture Surgery (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/hip-fracture-booklet.pdf
    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

  4. Using Telehealth to Improve Quality and Safety: Findings from the AHRQ Portfolio. | PSNet

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    May 07, 2014 - September 13, 2023 Prevention Quality Indicators Overview. … September 15, 2011 Primary care–relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults

  5. New Topic | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    June 22, 2025 - New Topic Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Indicates required field Form-wrapper Full Name Title/Department Organization May we contact you about this nomination? …

  6. Feasibility/Pilot Study | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2024 - Shareable, Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Older Adults: Advancing Fall Assessment and Prevention … Shareable, Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Older Adults: Advancing Fall Assessment and Prevention … Shareable, Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Older Adults: Advancing Fall Assessment and Prevention

  7. Use of Patient Buddy Application to Disseminate Knowledge & Prevent Readmission - Final Report (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2017 - Patients are often re-admitted for HE, falls, infections and ascites-related issues. … Therefore, caregivers are essential to the understanding of the disease complications, prevention of … The absence of caregiver involvement in the previous studies of readmission prevention is a major gap … in 12 patients because they were already on assistive walking devices and had counseling regarding falls … Caregiver engagement in the prevention of readmission is poorly studied in cirrhosis 5.

  8. Healthcare Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services for People with Disabilities (pdf file)

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    January 16, 2024 - diabetes, unhealth drug or alcohol use) - Interventions or behavioral counseling (breastfeeding, falls … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Disability and Health Data System (DHDS). … diversion)).tw. 76 (breastfeed* or breastfed or "breast feed*" or "breast fed" or lactation).mp. 77 "accidental … falls".sh. or (fall or falls or faller* or falling).tw. 78 ((pregnant or pregnancy or antenatal or … Interventions and Behavioral Counselling Breastfeeding Pregnant women, new mothers, and their children Falls

  9. Preventable and mitigable adverse events in cancer care: measuring risk and harm across the continuum. | PSNet

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    July 19, 2017 - events included medication errors and hospital-acquired conditions , such as pressure ulcers and falls … Hospitals Health Care Providers Medical Oncology Chemotherapeutic Agents Patient Falls

  10. ED Disability Diagnostic Tool: An HIT Feasibility Study - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs018420-post-final-report-2016.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - original presentation (9) such as an increase in infectious disease, disorientation, and risk of falls … the physician’s assessment of the patient’s ability to cope with activities of daily living without falling … Estimates of Emergency Department Capacity: United States, 2007 Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Strategies to prevent falls and fractures in hospitals and care homes and effect of cognitive impairment … Risk Factors and Injury Associated With Falls in Elderly Hospitalized Patients in a Community Hospital

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    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-engaging-clinicians-051413.ppt
    January 01, 2013 - Describe methods to engage leadership in CAUTI prevention Employ the CAUTI cost calculator Identify … They also immobilize patients—increasing the likelihood of pressure ulcers, falls and prolonged inpatient … Do you have an effective nurse champion for your CAUTI prevention activities? … Do you have an effective physician champion for your CAUTI prevention activities? … Have physicians fully embraced CAUTI prevention activities?

  12. Bar-code technology for medication administration: medication errors and nurse satisfaction. | PSNet

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    July 29, 2020 - January 12, 2011 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

  13. Patient safety: moving the bar in prison health care standards. | PSNet

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    August 28, 2024 - July 29, 2020 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management … January 12, 2022 Are evidence-based practices associated with effective prevention of

  14. Using a quantitative risk register to promote learning from a patient safety reporting system. | PSNet

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    September 24, 2010 - September 24, 2010 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and … August 4, 2021 Practice advisory for the prevention and management of operating room

  15. Medical device alarm safety in hospitals. | PSNet

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    December 23, 2016 - February 10, 2021 Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities

  16. High reliability leadership: a conceptual framework. | PSNet

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    March 09, 2022 - Optimizing post-acute care patient safety: a scoping review of multifactorial fall prevention … July 13, 2022 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

  17. Teaching quality improvement. | PSNet

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    July 19, 2023 - September 8, 2010 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management … May 4, 2015 Fall prevention in hospitals: an integrative review.

  18. The economics of health care quality and medical errors. | PSNet

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    August 19, 2020 - October 10, 2018 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

  19. Patients' and families' perspectives of patient safety at the end of life: a video-reflexive ethnography study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-and-families-perspectives-patient-safety-end-life-video-reflexive-ethnography-study
    December 18, 2013 - Resources Perspective The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls … In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls

  20. Use of the Beers criteria to predict adverse drug reactions among first-visit elderly outpatients. | PSNet

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    October 27, 2016 - February 24, 2016 Relationship between call light use and response time and inpatient falls … January 4, 2010 Innovation in patient safety: a new task design in reducing patient falls
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