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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47788/psn-pdf
    March 06, 2019 - Medical device-related pressure ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. … Medical device-related pressure ulcers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-device-related-pressure-ulcers-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis … Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers are considered never events and represent a significant source of … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-device-related-pressure-ulcers-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis

  2. Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. | PSNet

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    May 01, 2017 - Pressure ulcers are a common hospital-acquired condition that can lead to patient harm . … designed to help hospitals implement practice and process improvements to reduce the occurrence of pressure … ulcers. … September 6, 2013 Preventing in-facility pressure ulcers as a patient safety strategy … Ulcers Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events View More

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 07, 2018 - A comprehensive program to reduce rates of hospital- acquired pressure ulcers in a system of community … A Comprehensive Program to Reduce Rates of Hospital- Acquired Pressure Ulcers in a System of Community … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comprehensive-program-reduce-rates-hospital-acquired-pressure-ulcers- system-community … This implementation study sought to reduce incidence of pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients using … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comprehensive-program-reduce-rates-hospital-acquired-pressure-ulcers-system-community

  4. Board and Senior Leadership PowerPoint Presentations on the AHRQ Quality Indicators (pdf file)

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    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?

  5. Underreporting of quality measures and associated facility characteristics and racial disparities in US nursing home ratings. | PSNet

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    August 09, 2023 - reporting patterns for two measures of nursing home care quality ( falls with major injury and pressure … ulcers ). … August 9, 2023 Accuracy of pressure ulcer events in US nursing home ratings. … September 14, 2022 Accuracy of pressure ulcer events in US nursing home ratings.

  6. Pressure Injury Prevention Program Phases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    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

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 02, 2017 - Preventing pressure ulcers: the goal is zero. January 2, 2017 Duncan KD. … Preventing pressure ulcers: the goal is zero. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(10):605-10. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-pressure-ulcers-goal-zero This article discusses the background … and motivation behind the 5 Million Lives Campaign goal to prevent and eliminate pressure ulcers. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-pressure-ulcers-goal-zero https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/5-million-lives-campaign

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 25, 2016 - Are evidence-based practices associated with effective prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers … Are Evidence-based Practices Associated With Effective Prevention of Hospital-acquired Pressure Ulcers … ulcers are considered a never event, and they result in loss of payment for the hospitalization according … ulcers in academic medical centers. … cmss-hospital-acquired-condition-lists-link-hospital-payment-patient-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-facility-pressure-ulcers-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review

  9. Get Ready | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    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 .)  

  10. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices (doc file)

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    January 01, 2016 - . · Measuring Pressure Ulcer Rates and Prevention Practices — AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program … Incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers. In: Thomas D, Compton M, eds. … Pressure ulcers in the aging population: a guide for clinicians. … Skin assessment in dark pigmented skin: a challenge in pressure ulcer prevention. … Slide 5 SAY: As of 2016, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) and the European Pressure

  11. lessons learned, successes, and barriers for the ‘Real-Time’ and QIO ‘ON-Time’ projects (pdf file)

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    June 16, 2021 - NPULS (National Pressure Ulcer Long Term Care Study) research results helped to focus improvement initiative … By taking an overall systems approach, in addition to incorporating National Pressure Ulcer Long-term … Redesigned clinical workflow to incorporate evidence-based best practices for pressure ulcer prevention … In addition, providing data showing the team’s impact on pressure ulcer rates and operational efficiencies … (Note: in the dissemination initiative ‘On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Partnership with QIOs’ the

  12. Table 14A: Outcome Indicators by County Supply of Health Care Providers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    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

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 29, 2015 - ulcers: a systematic review and documentary analysis. … ulcers: a systematic review and documentary analysis. … ulcers. … In hospital and long-term care settings, pressure ulcers are considered preventable complications, but … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/root-cause-analysis https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-facility-pressure-ulcers-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review

  14. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/11_peptic_ulcer_potential_high_impact_2012-12-111.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - PEPTIC ULCER #11 AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Priority Area 11: Peptic Ulcer Disease and Dyspepsia Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 ww…

  15. Is single room hospital accommodation associated with differences in healthcare-associated infection, falls, pressure ulcers or medication errors? A natural experiment with non-equivalent controls. | PSNet

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    June 21, 2016 - room hospital accommodation associated with differences in healthcare-associated infection, falls, pressure … ulcers or medication errors? … ulcers or medication errors? … Falls , pressure ulcers, and Clostridium difficile infections increased in the older patients' ward … ulcers or medication errors?

  16. Module 2: How To Manage Change (doc file)

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    June 02, 2025 - Ulcer Policies Tool 2E: Assessing Screening for Pressure Ulcer Risk Tool 2F: Assessing Pressure … Ulcer Care Planning Alert the Implementation Team Leader to be ready to discuss and decide who … will oversee administering the Pieper Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test to staff, and who will be in charge … Ulcer Policies (completed by the Implementation Team Leader) Tool 2E: Assessing Screening for Pressure … Ulcer Risk (completed by the Implementation Team Leader or designee) Tool 2F: Assessing Pressure Ulcer

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 18, 2023 - summarizes recommended actions to assist health care teams in mitigating harmful healthcare-acquired pressure … ulcers including recognition of conditional risks and educational strategies. … early-identification-and-evaluation-severe-pressure-injuries https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-device-related-pressure-ulcers-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-facility-pressure-ulcers-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review

  18. Statistical Brief #3

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    April 01, 2006 - Findings Pressure sores, or decubitus ulcers, are increasingly common in U.S. hospitalizations. … burden of hospitalizations related to pressure sores (figure 1). … sores More than 90 percent of all hospital stays involving the treatment of pressure sores were … The ICD-9-CM code defining pressure sore is 707.0, Decubitus Ulcer. … Hospitalizations Related to Pressure Sores, 2003. HCUP Statistical Brief #3. April 2006.

  19. PowerPoint Presentation

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    December 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention … Facilitator Training Overview of On-Time On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Facilitator Training 2-day … Ulcer Prevention Pressure Ulcer Healing Falls Prevention Prevention of Avoidable Hospitalizations December … ulcer incidence rate seen in Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program Evaluation December 2014 On-Time Overview … Ulcer Prevention Reports: Nutrition Risk Report Risk criteria Meal consumption Weight loss Trigger

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/850159/psn-pdf
    June 07, 2023 - and reporting patterns for two measures of nursing home care quality (falls with major injury and pressure … ulcers). … assessment-nursing-home-reporting-major-injury-falls-quality-measurement-nursing-home-compare https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-pressure-ulcer-events-us-nursing-home-ratings
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