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www.talkingquality.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.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/npsd/data/dashboard/index.html
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … Falls Dashboard
Details the extent of harm due to falls, the presence of fall assistance, presence … New for 2023: Falls Dashboard and Medications or Other Substance Event Supplemental Dashboard
The new … Falls dashboard combines the 2022 supplement’s enhanced analysis of NPSD falls data with data from … known to increase risk of falls.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/index.html
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … MATCH Toolkit
NICU Toolkit
Pressure Injury
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals … Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit
QI Toolkit
Venous Thromboembolism Guide
Designing … Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety
Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit … Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
QI Toolkit for Hospitals
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www.talkingquality.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.talkingquality.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
21
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.talkingquality.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.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hac-rates_2019.html
July 01, 2020 - of Funding Opportunity Guidance
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such as adverse drug events and injuries from falls … Falls: 5% decrease. Obstetric events: 3% decrease. Pressure ulcers: 6% increase.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/index.html
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … Evidence reports and technical reviews about long-term care
Resources
Long-term care resources
Toolkit … Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
End of Life Care
Home and Community-based Services
Falls … of Life
TeamSTEPPS
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Related Content
Toolkit … To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care
Topic: Long-Term Care
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013-refs.html
October 01, 2015 - of Funding Opportunity Guidance
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … Reduction of falls-related injuries using a hospital inpatient falls prevention program. … Preventing falls and eliminating injury at Ascension Health. … VHA’s national falls collaborative and prevention programs. … Preventing pressure ulcers in hospitals: a toolkit for improving quality of care.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013-appendix.html
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … MPSMS (2013)
Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters
9,200
0.28
Falls … MPSMS (2013)
In-Hospital Patient Falls
240,000
7.2
Obstetric Adverse Events
PSI (2013) … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
18,000
9,200
8,800
49%
$149,600,000
1,628
Falls … $106,000,000
2,470
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
.185
$170,000,000
1,850
Falls
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module2/module2_fall-prevention.docx
August 24, 2017 - This training module covers Section 2 of the Toolkit, which addresses how to manage change. … Study, Act (PDSA) approach, as well as other systematic approaches, are described on page 21 of the Toolkit … ASK: Do you currently assess staff knowledge related to falls? What tools do you currently use? … current policies and practices, you have an understanding of what your hospital currently does to prevent falls … You may already have a sense of what needs to change to decrease falls.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressure-injury/index.html
October 01, 2017 - of Funding Opportunity Guidance
AHRQ Grants Policy Notices
AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … MATCH Toolkit
NICU Toolkit
Pressure Injury
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals … Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit
QI Toolkit
Venous Thromboembolism Guide
Designing … the training of hospital staff on how to implement AHRQ’s Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit … Hospitals participating in this pilot implementation of the Training Program and Toolkit reduced their
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - of Funding Opportunity Guidance
AHRQ Grants Policy Notices
AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … MPSMS (2015)
Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters
1,700
0.05
Falls … MPSMS (2015)
In-Hospital Patient Falls
220,000
6.7
Obstetric Adverse Events
PSI (2014) … Bloodstream Infections
40,000
50%
50%
25%
10,000
$17,000
.185
$170,000,000
1,850
Falls … [7] The AHRQ-developed pressure ulcer toolkit and falls toolkit are online.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/engage-tool.html
July 01, 2022 - MATCH Toolkit
NICU Toolkit
Pressure Injury
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals … Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit
QI Toolkit
Venous Thromboembolism Guide
Designing … The FCR Toolkit was designed to increase family engagement in rounds for hospitalized children. … The FCR Toolkit includes implementation materials:
FCR checklist. … The FCR Toolkit can be used without permission.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules.html
August 01, 2022 - of Funding Opportunity Guidance
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … Hospital Resources
CANDOR
Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit … MATCH Toolkit
NICU Toolkit
Pressure Injury
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals … Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit
QI Toolkit
Venous Thromboembolism Guide
Designing … The CANDOR toolkit contains eight different modules, each containing PowerPoint slides with facilitator
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/893.html
December 01, 2023 - of Funding Opportunity Guidance
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … are:
University of Missouri Health Care utilized AHRQ’s Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit … 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
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/multiple/index.html
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … programs
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hcbs
Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit … Created for clinicians by clinicians, the toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving … perinatalsafety
Safe surgery
Web: ahrq.gov/haisurgery
Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit … The toolkit addresses approaches to desgin tat target six areas of safety: infections, falls, medication
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/webinar080116/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital … MATCH Toolkit
NICU Toolkit
Pressure Injury
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals … Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit
QI Toolkit
Venous Thromboembolism Guide
Designing … A conversation with a Toolkit user
Q&A
Slide 4
Accessing the QI Toolkit
Toolkit for Using … Ulcers in Hospitals
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety
Preventing Falls
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2011-12.html
January 01, 2018 - of Funding Opportunity Guidance
AHRQ Grants Policy Notices
AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters
17,000
0.52
17,000
0.51
Falls … MPSMS
In-Hospital Patient Falls
260,000
7.80
230,000
7.16
Obstetric Adverse Events
PSI
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/health-literacy-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - of Funding Opportunity Guidance
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AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit … CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving … Toolkit
Safe Surgery Toolkit
Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings
Telemedicine … “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