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581. Voluntary Hospital Coalitions to Promote Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - With a focus on systemic prevention strategies, PHA fulfills both dissemination and implementation roles … change in practice, local change agents, address barriers, local perspectives • Informs hospitals of prevention … hospitals were required to choose to focus on one of the following priority patient-safety issues: (1) pressure … ulcers, (2) patient falls, or (3) deep vein thrombosis (DVT). … Hospitals may (1) continue their self-assessment/improvement plans relative to pressure ulcers, falls

582. Supportive and Palliative Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Weight loss also may lead to muscle wasting, infections, and increased risk of pressure ulcers.

583. TeamSTEPPS Long-Term Care: Specialty Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2012 - nurse is signing out Margaret for the leave of absence, she tells Beth, "Your mother is at risk for pressure … ulcers now that she uses the wheelchair.

584. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-care-coordination.pdf
     June 01, 2024 - Illinois R36 HS23072 [Grant] Using an Electronic Health Record To Examine Nurse Continuity and Pressure … Ulcers 2014-2015 $40,192 Final Report Purpose: To examine the influence of nurse continuity on the … prevention of hospital- acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs). … This study focused on prevention and mitigation of delirium in ICUs, but the process for identifying

585. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Chartbook on Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     July 19, 2017 - Ulcers Adverse Drug Events Physician-Diagnosed Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Falls … ulcers (36.3 per 1,000 hospital discharges) accounted for 31.6% of the total … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

586. 2015 Annual Progress Report to Congress: National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2016 - Safer     Person- and Family-Centered Care     Effective Communication and Care Coordination     Prevention … declines were also observed in rates of adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, and pressure … ulcers. 1 The rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections improved quickly, at an average

587. Chartbook on Healthy Living: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meningococcal VIS. … for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 2014. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2014. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; 2014. … Weight loss also may lead to muscle wasting, infections, and increased risk of pressure ulcers.

588. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Diabetes, Prevention, Medication Hirsch AG , Scheck McAlearney A Measuring … Keywords: Cancer, Health Information Technology (HIT), Prevention, Primary Care, Screening Prey … Prescription medication burden in patients with newly diagnosed diabetes: a SUrveillance, PREvention, … Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Dental and Oral Health, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Prevention … Keywords: Adverse Events, Health Promotion, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient Safety, Prevention

589. AHRQ Grant Final Progress Report: Real-Time, Wireless, Networked Feedback for Bed-Tilt Compliance (pdf file)
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     June 30, 2015 - ventilator-associated pneumonia, trading off from setting the angle to something less than 30 degrees, which prevents pressure … ulcer formation. … Guideline for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. Infect Cont Hosp Ep 1994;15(9):587-627. 2. … Trauma VAP SWAT team: A rapid response to infection prevention. … Successful prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in an intensive care setting.

590. AHRQ Grant Final Progress Report: Real-Time, Wireless, Networked Feedback for Bed-Tilt Compliance (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/thomas1-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - ventilator-associated pneumonia, trading off from setting the angle to something less than 30 degrees, which prevents pressure … ulcer formation. … Guideline for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. Infect Cont Hosp Ep 1994;15(9):587-627. 2. … Trauma VAP SWAT team: A rapid response to infection prevention. … Successful prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in an intensive care setting.

591. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2020 - admissions and/or discharge. 68 Greater risk of line infections, surgical infections, falls, and pressure … ulcers due to LEP patients' longer hospital stays compared to English-speaking patients with the same … better understand root causes and high-risk scenarios, and develop strategies for improvement and error prevention

592. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Statin use for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults. … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), Medication, Prevention Song J , Chae S , Bowles KH … Keywords: Diabetes, Chronic Conditions, Prevention, Research Methodologies Schillinger D , … Keywords: Diabetes, Chronic Conditions, Policy, Prevention Greenlee MC , Bolen S , Chong … , and supporting research to enhance the effectiveness of diabetes prevention.

593. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - acute illness such as receipt of mechanical ventilation or vasopressors, and chronic illness such as pressure … ulcer or paralysis were also related with resistant infections. … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), Cancer: Cervical Cancer, Cancer, Screening, Prevention, Evidence-Based

594. Views of Emergency Medicine Trainees on Adverse Events and Negligence: Survey Results from an Emergency Medicine Training Program in a Regional Health Care System Following the National Standard of Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Shah_99.pdf
     March 23, 2008 - medical error and adverse events causes: “pneumothorax, retained objects, hospital-acquired infections, decubitus … ulcers, perioperative myocardial infarctions (MIs), line infections, and falls.” … A few examples include pneumothorax, retained objects, hospital-acquired infections, decubitus ulcers

595. Technology for Improving Medication Monitoring in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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     March 09, 2005 - The authors focus on the prevention of delirium and falls, as these are two of the most common preventable … Activities Falls* Nutritional status Dehydration Dental care Feeding tubes† Physical restraints† Pressure … ulcers Psychotropic drug use *RAPs targeted by the intervention … Falls and fall prevention in the nursing home. Clin Geriatr Med 1996 Nov;12(4):881–902. 25. … Causation, correlation, and prevention. Clin Geriatr Med 1996;12 (4):847–58. 29.

596. TeamSTEPPS Long-Term Care Specialty Scenarios (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/longtermcare/scenarios/ts2-0ltc_scenarios.pdf
     April 24, 2017 - nurse is signing out Margaret for the leave of absence, she tells Beth, “Your mother is at risk for pressure … ulcers now that she uses the wheelchair.

597. Chartbook on Healthy Living: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/qdr2015-chartbook-healthyliving.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 2014. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2014. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; 2014. … Weight loss also may lead to muscle wasting, infections, and increased risk of pressure ulcers.

598. Chartbook on Black Health Care: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2020 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … are restrained can become weak, lose their ability to go to the bathroom by themselves, and develop pressure … ulcers or other medical conditions. … Slide 122 Prevention: Receipt of Recommended Vaccinations by Young Children The U.S.

599. Advancing Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - By using hospital administrative data, PSIs can identify pressure ulcers, postoperative pulmonary emboli … the health care system up to $20 billion each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

600. Advancing Patient Safety: A Decade of Evidence, Design, and Implementation (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - By using hospital administrative data, PSIs can identify pressure ulcers, postoperative pulmonary … health care system up to $20 billion each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention