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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/nursinghome-users-guide.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Introduction
As nursing homes continually strive to improve patient safety and quality, nursing home … SOPS Nursing Home Survey is intended to help nursing homes assess their patient safety
culture and … homes. … Use Nursing Home Codes or Identifiers
When you administer the survey in multiple nursing homes, you … Homes
Establish a Timeline
Use Nursing Home Codes or Identifiers
3.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/materials/prevention/index.html
January 01, 2023 - Preventing the Spread of COVID-19
For nursing homes to effectively prevent the spread of COVID … Homes (PDF, 1 MB)
This resource addresses infection control and prevention in nursing homes, highlighting … The user guide gives nursing home staff detailed step-by-step instructions with visuals to record, analyze … home leaders and infection preventionists with an outline of the critical components of an emergency … home teams minimize infection risk in their facility.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0702.html
October 01, 2014 - home staff as part of ongoing research on patient safety in nursing homes. … "Nursing homes are an important area of health care being overlooked in the effort to improve patient … The reality is that there are approximately 16,500 nursing homes providing care for 1.6 million residents … of health care expenditures support nursing home costs. … It is clear that this data will be useful to help improve the patient safety culture in nursing homes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallspximplsteps.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementation Steps and Timeline - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention … AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention
Implementation Steps and Timeline … The
Implementation Steps document was created to help nursing homes understand steps involved in
implementing … Step 1: Agree To Use On-Time Falls Prevention
Nursing home leadership agrees to incorporate process … Step 16: Sustain the Effort
After approximately 9 months, the nursing home Change Team develops a plan
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/intro.html
November 01, 2014 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Introduction
This … homes. … An outcome evaluation with New York nursing homes showed a 59 percent reduction in the incidence of pressure … The purpose of showing the sample reports is to give nursing home staff a sense of the type of information … As with all On-Time topics, the reports and worksheets are designed to be used by a nursing home change
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK3_P3T5-Training_Slides_for_Nursing_Home_Nurses_Phase_3.docx
May 01, 2014 - in the nursing home. … Implementation
Training Slides for Nursing Home Nurses
Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Pub. … homes. … Slide 3
Background: Antibiograms
SAY:
Antibiograms are not new, but they are new to nursing homes. … Slide 4
Antibiograms
[INSERT IMAGE OF NURSING HOME ANTIBIOGRAM IF DIFFERENT.]
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/gurwitz.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Nursing Home
Research to Help Underserved Populations … million residents of U.S. nursing homes is
extraordinarily high; nationally, over 20% of all nursing … Antipsychotic use in nursing homes varies by psychiatric consultant. … Antipsychotic use among nursing home residents. … Challenge of changing nursing home prescribing culture.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/faqs-visitation-celebrations.html
June 01, 2022 - FAQs About Visitation Considerations for Nursing Home Residents
Resource: FAQs About Visitation … Considerations for Nursing Home Residents
This document answers questions related to nursing home … visitation during COVID-19, including but not limited to the steps nursing homes should take before reopening
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips1201.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ Patient Safety Surveys, TeamSTEPPS Used in Georgia Nursing Homes and Hospitals
Search All Impact … It also requires them to use tools such as AHRQ's "Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture" and … Quality Advisors at Alliant/GMCF administered AHRQ's patient safety culture survey to 62 nursing homes … biannual regional meetings for nursing homes. … additional training for the nursing home leadership.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/alexander-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Homes in the United States to
describe the dimensions of Nursing Home Information Technology Sophistication … Nursing Home Compare. … States Nursing Homes. … Nursing Homes. Health Information
Systems Society. … IT sophistication in nursing homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/overview.html
November 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
Overview of On-Time
The Agency … for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed tools to assist nursing homes that have electronic … Generally, a nursing home works on one adverse event at a time. … A workgroup of nursing home staff with knowledge of nursing home operations provided input on the design … homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/best-practices-managing-deconditioning.pdf
May 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents
Best … Practices for Identifying and Managing
Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents
Throughout the COVID … Existing tools include:
• The Minimum Data Set 3.0 for Nursing Homes and Swing Bed Providers is a … Research has shown that
rehabilitation therapies provided in nursing homes and other post-acute care … settings can help
prevent decline in activities of daily living.4 Nursing homes can ensure rehabilitation
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-rice.pdf
June 02, 2025 - New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - East Alabama Health
Workplace … & emergency services
• Joint venture Ambulatory Surgery Center
• Nursing Home- 103 beds
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WHAT … Homes
Administration
Human
Resources
Nursing
ITPlant
Engineering
Education
Patient
Safety … Home Survey
on Patient Safety
Culture with WPS
item set: 8/2022
25
Additional Nursing Home Actions … Home Actions
Survey Results
Future SUSTAINMENT
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh/resident/Development-Resident-Surveys.html
April 01, 2018 - Development of the CAHPS Nursing Home Resident Surveys
The Resident Surveys have been through … In the early phase of development, CAHPS researchers conducted focus groups with nursing home residents … homes. … Satisfaction of discharged nursing home residents . … The development of a CAHPS ® instrument for nursing home residents (NHCAHPS) .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2025-nursing-home-20-pilot-test-results.pdf
January 01, 2025 - homes; interviewed nursing home staff,
administrators, experts, and researchers; and identified areas … A pilot test of the draft Nursing Home Survey 2.0 was conducted in 27 U.S. nursing homes from
September … information about the characteristics of nursing homes that participated in
the 2025 SOPS Nursing Home … home-level percent positive
item scores and composite measure scores of all nursing homes in the pilot … homes that were not derived from a
statistically representative sample of U.S. nursing homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/fallspximplstrat.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Menu of Implementation Strategies - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention … AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention
Menu of Implementation Strategies … Weekly Falls Risk or Safety Meetings
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh/family/development-family-member-survey.html
April 01, 2019 - Development of the CAHPS Nursing Home Family Member Survey
The Family Survey has been through … In the early phase of development, CAHPS researchers conducted focus groups with nursing home residents … homes. … home residents . … Giving voice to the vulnerable: the development of a CAHPS nursing home survey measuring family members
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/international/nursing-home/translators.html
October 01, 2014 - Return to Contents
Background on the Survey
In response to nursing homes interested in a survey that … homes on patient safety culture. … homes. … homes across the United States. … Participating nursing homes varied by bed size, geographic region, urbanicity, and ownership.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T4-Urinalysis_and_UTIs_Improving_Care-updated.docx
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Determine Whether To Treat
Tool 4. … Homes
Antibiotics are one of the most commonly prescribed medications in nursing homes. … Consequences of Overuse of Antibiotics in Nursing Homes
Question for discussion: What are some of the … concerns that you may have read about or heard regarding antibiotic use in nursing homes? … UTIs are a leading cause of misuse of antibiotics in nursing homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/qualifications.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
Facilitator Training—Recommended … Have experience working with the varied educational levels of nursing home staff. … Are familiar with nursing home operations and quality regulations. … Are flexible and creative when dealing with nursing home teams with varying quality improvement skills