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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html
June 01, 2022 - Research shows that close to one-third of falls can be prevented. … Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care focuses on overcoming the challenges … The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities presents an interdisciplinary … represent a patient safety problem, and they can be a signal that the resident is at increased risk for falling … condition, Module Two addresses communicating changes in a resident's condition, and Module Three Addresses Falls
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/joseph2-report.pdf
September 29, 2015 - Final Progress Report: Developing and Disseminating a Patient Safety Risk Assessment (PSRA) Toolkit … A user guide provides background and
recommendations for toolkit implementation. … We believe that this may improve the
usability of the toolkit. … Falls
3. Patient Handling
4. Medication Safety
5. … Falls
2. Medication Safety
3.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/resources/Patient-Safety-Tools-flyer-June2022.pdf
May 01, 2022 - The toolkit addresses
approaches to design that target six areas of safety:
infections, falls, medication … The toolkit has reduced falls by 25
percent in acute care hospitals and is used in more than
100 hospitals … globalassets/clinical-topics/clinical-pdf/
shm_medication_reconciliation_guide.pdf
Preventing Falls … Hospitals Training Program
supports the training of hospital staff on how to
implement AHRQ’s Preventing Falls … Long-Term Care Facilities (see description under
Multiple Settings section)
Web: ahrq.gov/cautiltctools
Falls
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/pstools/patient-safety-tools-flyer.pdf
March 01, 2019 - The toolkit addresses
approaches to design that target six areas of safety:
infections, falls, medication … Web: ahrq.gov/marquis
Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for
Improving Quality of Care focuses … Hospitals Training Program
supports the training of hospital staff on how to
implement AHRQ’s Preventing Falls … CAUTI and Other HAIs
in Long-Term Care Facilities (see description under
Multiple Settings section)
Falls … facilities to help them detect
and communicate changes in a
resident’s condition and prevent
and manage falls
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool2g.docx
January 28, 2013 - Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team.
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www.ahrq.gov/chain/research-tools/methods-tools/index.html
March 01, 2017 - Optimizing the Use of an Electronic Fall Prevention Toolkit To Prevent Falls in Hospitalized Patients
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-2/slides.html
September 01, 2017 - Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team. … Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips97.html
October 01, 2014 - Nebraska Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots
Search All Impact … The AHRQ toolkit is a comprehensive guide to help hospitals and clinicians implement processes to prevent … The toolkit advises hospitals to establish a VTE prevention protocol for assessment of patients' risk … The toolkit also encourages hospitals to discard a commonly used protocol that assigns points to risk … Community Medical Center in Falls City.
Crete Area Medical Center in Crete.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/webinars/webinar6_falls_sustainingpractices.pdf
January 01, 2013 - aim: lower fall rate 40% in 7 months
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Develop
assessment
protocol
Develop
knowledge
of falls … – For instance, reward staff for no preventable falls in 3
months. … • Recognize one staff member each
quarter for success in preventing
falls. … • Meet each month to address the root causes of falls. … Preventing falls
in hospitals: a toolkit for improving quality of care.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/resources/patient-safety-tools-flyer-June2022.pdf
May 01, 2023 - The toolkit addresses
approaches to design that target six areas of safety:
infections, falls, medication … The toolkit has reduced falls by 25
percent in acute care hospitals and is used in more than
100 hospitals … Web: ahrq.gov/npsd/data/chartbook/index.html
Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for
Improving … Hospitals Training Program
supports the training of hospital staff on how to
implement AHRQ’s Preventing Falls … Care Facilities (see description under
Multiple Settings section)
■ Web: ahrq.gov/cautiltctools
Falls
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www.ahrq.gov/chain/practice-tools/practice-guidelines/index.html
March 01, 2017 - Recent Research Findings Suggest Practice Recommendations for Preventing Falls in Hospitalized Patients … Learn what the Brigham and Women's CERT is doing to reduce fall rates and access their toolkit and copies
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www.ahrq.gov/es/tools/index.html?page=2
September 01, 2023 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care … Date Published: March 2013
Setting of Care: Long-term Care
Pediatric Toolkit … Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
This stand-alone pediatric version of the Quality Indicators Toolkit … Date Published: June 2016
Setting of Care: Hospital
Preventing Falls in Nursing … Facilities
This toolkit assists nursing facilities in providing individualized, person-centered
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module2/module2_slides_fallprev.pptx
August 24, 2017 - Managers
Senior manager
Quality improvement/safety/risk manager
Reference: Developed by Falls … Toolkit Research Team.
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QI Process
Link the Fall Prevention Program with quality improvement … Challenges to good practice identified at organization and unit levels
Reference: Developed by Falls … Toolkit Research Team.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201421.html
November 01, 2014 - University of Arkansas Medical Centers Improving Care with AHRQ's CUSP and Health Literacy Toolkit … "Now they are looking at it [CUSP] for other areas, like [decreasing] falls." … Three one-hour in-person and remote toolkit training sessions were conducted. … Staff members thought that the toolkit was rolled out in a top-down approach. … These outreach directors took over the toolkit implementation in August 2013 and re-introduced the toolkit
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module4/module4_slides_best-practices.pptx
November 20, 2014 - .
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Implementation Planning Goals
Determine the role/responsibilities of staff in preventing falls … determine who will be responsible for each task identified in your set of best practices for preventing falls … Reference: Developed by Falls Toolkit Research Team. … Tracking care processes to prevent falls is a measure of implementation success, and it should translate
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/implementation-guide/appendix-d.html
September 01, 2017 - 8:15–8:20
5
Opening Remarks
Thank you from leadership to attendees for participating in falls … Objectives
AHRQ Toolkit approach/training
Quality Improvement Specialist (QIS)/Instructor
… the hospital’s universal precautions, rounding practices, and fall risk assessment.
3A: Inpatient Falls
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/casestudy.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Facilitates Process Improvement Work at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center … This case study describes how the AHRQ QI Toolkit helped them in this endeavor. … "The toolkit provided a strategic framework for making a case for this work," noted Dr. Kim. … The QI Toolkit also supported the team’s efforts to get buy-in from staff, including coding managers … The Healthcare-Acquired Pressure Ulcers and Falls Prevention task forces have achieved similar successes
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/831.html
September 01, 2022 - AHRQ Grantee Helps Prevent Patient Falls in Hospital and Community Care Settings . … AHRQ Grantee Helps Prevent Patient Falls in Hospital and Community Care Settings
It’s Falls Prevention … has dedicated her career to developing and disseminating evidence-based resources to reduce patient falls … Dykes evaluated the benefits of a falls prevention toolkit for hospitals and created software that helps … primary care physicians develop falls prevention strategies.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/taylor-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Scope: The SRA toolkit covers six safety areas – infection control, medication safety, falls, patient … The workgroups were organized around six key safety areas: infection control, medication
safety, falls … Validation testing took place in
conference rooms at three sites, one study session in Falls Church, … reported to The Joint Commission have an underlying cause in the physical
environment (i.e., suicide, falls … One study session took place in Falls Church,
VA, and two were in in Philadelphia, PA.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=16
September 01, 2012 - Publication Number: 11(12)-0094
The AHRQ Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit … for Minimal Risk Research
This toolkit contains information for people responsible for ensuring … This toolkit includes materials for planning the intervention, identifying a central entity to manage … address detecting change in a resident's condition, communicating change in a resident's condition, and falls