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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab16.html
December 01, 2012 - Ulcer
3,322
4,088
3,865
3,029
3,557
3,496
Injurious Falls
256
436
294
308 … Ulcer
3,754
4,475
4,359
3,374
3,884
3,947
Injurious Falls
331
531
376
387 … Ulcer
2,118
2,834
2,481
1,988
2,480
2,233
Injurious Falls
48
127
63
70
110 … Ulcer
1,348
1,729
1,777
1,154
1,411
1,428
Injurious Falls
65
102
76
70
88 … Ulcer
2,614
3,022
2,987
2,392
2,628
2,719
Injurious Falls
212
363
233
258
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/exercises.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Facilitator Training—Additional … above
All of the above
Residents who display on the Nutrition Report: High Risk must have a pressure … ulcer. … ulcer rates ≥10%. … Return to Additional Exercises Contents
Proceed to Next Section
Return to Pressure Ulcer Prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/labels/describe.html
January 01, 2023 - Overall, the rate of patients who have pressure ulcers at MGH is low. … They are also supported in their work toward pressure ulcer prevention by their local Clinical Nurse … Bed surface is a key factor in preventing pressure ulcers. … The highest percentage of pressure ulcers occur in our intensive care areas where our patients have complex
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b3b_combo_resultspresentation.pptx
January 01, 2012 - However, Pressure Ulcers (PSI 03) occur at higher rates than the national average – this may be an area … ulcer and any secondary ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for pressure ulcer stage III or IV (or unstageable … A PSI Example: Pressure Ulcer (PSI 03)
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How to Improve … Examining Observed Rates of Pressure Ulcers (PSI 03)
Observed Rate 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 … Comparing Risk-Adjusted Rates of Pressure Ulcers (PSI 03) to National Average Rates
Risk-Adjusted Rate
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-199-section-8-a-ehr-data-feasibility-tool.pdf
November 20, 2017 - time) >= 24 hours
3 Initial Risk Assessment for
Immobility-related Pressure
Ulcer within 24 hours … of PICU
Admission
Occurrence of
administration of a pressure
ulcer risk assessment by
standardized … pressure
ulcer risk assessment tool was documented within
24 hours of admission. … If not, do you use another
standardized pressure ulcer risk assessment tool? … 3 How do you document the results of a standardized pressure ulcer risk
assessment tool?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab16b.html
February 01, 2023 - Ulcer
3,050
4,160
3,514
3,406
Injurious Falls
252
369
291
315
Dually Eligible … Ulcer
3,478
4,542
4,009
3,629
Injurious Falls
327
453
373
390
Medicaid-Only … Ulcer
1,883
2,943
2,104
2,733
Injurious Falls
45
101
57
88
I/DD Subpopulation … Ulcer
1,206
1,720
1,560
1,136
Injurious Falls
61
90
75
68
SMI Subpopulation … Ulcer
3,775
4,848
4,198
4,163
Injurious Falls
436
657
486
644
HCBS
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab14b.html
February 01, 2023 - Ulcer
3,799
3,199
3,745
3,230
Injurious Falls
334
265
324
272
Dually Eligible … Ulcer
4,200
3,634
4,114
3,703
Injurious Falls
415
344
410
347
Medicaid-Only … Ulcer
2,619
1,957
2,698
1,836
Injurious Falls
96
38
80
50
I/DD Subpopulation … Ulcer
5,536
4,402
5,759
4,127
Injurious Falls
189
96
161
116
HCBS Population … Ulcer
4,932
3,599
4,712
3,767
Injurious Falls
608
453
613
448
HCBS
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab15b.html
February 01, 2023 - Ulcer
3,481
3,488
3,458
3,512
Injurious Falls
365
245
338
259
Dually Eligible … Ulcer
3,912
3,899
3,818
3,992
Injurious Falls
448
321
423
333
Medicaid-Only … Ulcer
2,094
2,388
2,373
2,172
Injurious Falls
99
43
81
51
I/DD Subpopulation … Ulcer
1,283
1,527
1,280
1,578
Injurious Falls
91
53
84
57
SMI Subpopulation … Ulcer
4,594
3,884
4,481
3,940
Injurious Falls
644
430
625
433
HCBS
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/sapirstein-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - To further focus the research effort, the problem of pressure ulcers was selected because of the
broad … The preventable harm we selected
is that of pressure ulcers because of its large adverse impact. … Pressure ulcers are an epidemic
problem in the United States, affecting 2.5 million people; they are … ulcer.5 Thus, pressure
ulcers represented a meaningful challenge area to demonstrate how rapid prototyping … The Financial Impact of Pressure Ulcers (White paper).
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www.ahrq.gov/news/chartbook-patient-safety.html
February 01, 2021 - resource that shows recent gains in safety include declining rates of urinary tract infections and pressure … ulcers in nursing homes. … example, high-risk Black patients in long-stay nursing homes were more likely than Whites to have a pressure … ulcer (7.2 percent vs. 4.3 percent).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-200-section-8-data-feasibility-tool-1.pdf
November 28, 2017 - time) >= 24 hours
3 Initial Risk Assessment for
Immobility-related Pressure
Ulcer within 24 hours … of PICU
Admission
Occurrence of
administration of a pressure
ulcer risk assessment by
standardized … pressure
ulcer risk assessment tool was documented within
24 hours of admission. … If not, do you use another
standardized pressure ulcer risk assessment tool? … 3 How do you document the results of a standardized pressure ulcer risk
assessment tool?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a2_combo_boardpresentation.pdf
October 01, 2015 - ulcer and any secondary ICD-10-CM
diagnosis codes for pressure ulcer stage III or IV (or
unstageable … • Several exclusions (e.g., length of stay <5 days,
principal diagnosis of pressure ulcer). … • Several exclusions (e.g., length of stay <5 days,
principal diagnosis of pressure ulcer). … A PSI Example: Pressure Ulcer (PSI 03)�
What are the Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs)? … An Example: Pressure Ulcer (PDI 02)�
How can the AHRQ QIs be used in quality assessment?
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April 04, 2008 - For example, African American and Latino veterans are at higher risk of decubitus ulcers than
whites … ulcers, in addition to
continuing efforts to lower decubitus ulcer rates overall, it is important for … the VHA to eliminate
racial disparities in pressure ulcer rates. … Pressure ulcers:
More lethal than we thought? Adv Skin Wound Care
2005; 18: 367-372.
31. … Pressure ulcer risk assessment in
patients with darkly pigmented skin.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013.html
January 01, 2018 - The estimated cost per pressure ulcer was based on a report for CMS by RTI international (Kandilov, et … ulcers and matched patients without hospital-acquired Stage III and IV pressure ulcers, based on bivariate … Zhan and Miller estimated that excess mortality due to pressure ulcers was 72 deaths per 1,000 pressure … Mortality for patients with pressure ulcer was compared to mortality among a matched set of patients, … For example, pressure ulcers had a high baseline prevalence, and excess mortality attributed to pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/webinar080116/index.html
December 01, 2017 - The number of hospitalizations involving pressure ulcers increased by about 80% between 1993 and 2006 … Acute care hospitals treat about 2.5 million pressure ulcers each year, and as many as 15% of hospital … patients may have pressure ulcers at any one time. … Include in the medical record complete documentation of any pressure ulcer found. … Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment at Admission and Daily: Evaluate all patients for pressure ulcers and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module3/module3_pu-bestpractices.docx
June 12, 2018 - Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit in this hospital’s Pressure Injury Prevention Program. … Ulcer Prevention — AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Sharing Webinar
· Putting … 3C: Pressure Ulcer Identification Pocket Pad
· Tool 3D: The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore … Medical device related pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients. Int Wound J 2010;7:358-65. … Consider using Tool 3C: Pressure Ulcer Identification Pocket Pad (shown on the next slide) for communication
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/getready.html
October 01, 2017 - organization’s readiness to launch AHRQ’s Pressure Injury Prevention Program, review Section 1 of AHRQ’s Pressure … Ulcer Prevention Toolkit . … more about measurement, see the supplementary training webinars Wound Classification and Measuring Pressure … Ulcer Rates and Prevention Practices and the Learning Network webinar Measurement .)
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www.ahrq.gov/data/monahrq/myqi/nursing.html
November 01, 2020 - Ulcers
Each year, more than 2.5 million people in the United States develop pressure ulcers. ii Prevention … AHRQ toolkit to prevent pressure ulcers in hospitals
Preventing and Managing Pressure Ulcers from … the Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses iii
Pressure Ulcer Training from the National Database of … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. ii Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals … http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/pressure-ulcers/pressureulcertoolkit
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/phases.html
September 01, 2017 - To learn more about the Implementation Team, see Chapter 2 of AHRQ’s Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit … Ulcer Policies, Tool 2D
Assessing Screening for Pressure Ulcer Risk, Tool 2E
Assessing Pressure … Ulcer Prevention Toolkit . … Ulcer Rates and Prevention Practices and the Learning Network webinar Measurement . … To learn more about sustainment, see the supplementary training webinar Sustaining Pressure Ulcer Prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab14.html
February 01, 2023 - Ulcer
3,690
3,126
3,660
3,435
3,626
3,404
Injurious Falls
279
344
376
263 … Ulcer
4,133
3,523
3,912
3,945
4,035
3,846
Injurious Falls
355
435
467
339 … Ulcer
2,435
1,929
2,922
1,971
2,477
2,094
Injurious Falls
63
72
107
46
76 … Ulcer
1,524
1,248
1,380
1,455
1,569
1,307
Injurious Falls
74
70
93
59
82 … Ulcer
2,744
2,615
2,612
2,762
2,893
2,560
Injurious Falls
228
282
305
207