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241. Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/promoting-emotional-wellbeing.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - The image below illustrates a range of risk of spreading COVID-19 for diff erent activities. … example, a social activity such as an exercise group could be offered in multiple ways to minimize risk … Visitation Nursing homes should develop visitation policies for a variety of scenarios, keeping in mind the risks … For example, outdoor visits generally pose fewer risks than indoor visits, but weather and medical conditions … for outdoor visits may increase the risk of overheating or dehydration.

242. Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide3.html
     October 01, 2017 - at risk and quantify the level of this risk. … ’s risk status. … scores of the risk assessment tool, but also other factors placing the patient at risk. … prevent pressure injuries is to create a care plan that is responsive to the patient’s pressure injury risks … plan addresses this risk.

243. Facapplycusp (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/apply/facapplycusp.docx
     June 02, 2025 - behavior—Choosing to behave in a way that increases risk, where risk is not recognized or is mistakenly … At-risk behavior is an active choice to engage in risky activity through a belief that the risk was either … To achieve optimal outcomes, organizations must design robust systems that minimize risks. … It is critical to reinforce behaviors that will reduce risk and deter behaviors that increase risk. … for healthy, risk-reducing choices.

244. Riding the AI Wave: Moving Forward | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ai-wave6.html
     July 01, 2025 - tools are, or how to incorporate them into practice in ways that maximize benefit while minimizing risk … Insights from other high-risk industries that have successfully adapted to automation offer valuable … Known risks or hallucination rates. … enhanced diagnostic accuracy, increased efficiency, and reduced cognitive burden—they also present new risks … the clinician reviews and validates outputs generated by these systems and whether there are known risks

245. Barriers Associated with Medication Information Handoffs (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Bayley.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - Summary scores from the FMEA are presented in Table 1, which shows the relative risk for each step as … risks on the highest risk steps. … Across all steps, risks were estimated to decrease by 45 percent. Table 2. … The FMEA predicted that the IT strategy implemented in one IDS reduced risk scores in the highest risk … Managing the risks of organizational accidents.

246. Practice Self-Assessment Tool for Opioid Use in Older Adults (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-compendium-self-assessment.pdf
     December 01, 2023 - older adults, such as screening for opioid-related risks (falls, etc.) or medication management. … for opioid related risks (falls, etc.) … , such as screening for opioid-related risks and recommendations for improved medication management … A policy and agreed upon standard of practice about screening for risks of adverse events in older … An opioid treatment agreement/plan customized for older adults that describes risks specific to older

247. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/facslides.html
     September 01, 2017 - May focus on a particular risk factor. … Report—High Risk. … Identify residents with recent changes in risks. Profile risks for each resident in report. … Each Self-Assessment Worksheet is designed to help nursing home staff review how they: Screen for risks … Mitigate those risks. Prioritize residents who may need care plan changes.

248. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Facilitator Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/factraining-slides.html
     October 01, 2017 - May focus on a particular risk factor. … Quarterly Summary of Falls Risk Factors (by Unit or Facility). … Identify residents with recent changes in risks. Profile risks for each resident in report. … Each Self-Assessment worksheet is designed to help nursing home staff review how they: Screen for risks … Mitigate those risks. Prioritize residents who may need care plan changes.

249. Hypertension Screening for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese: Table 2 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0232-table2.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Level of Evidence (USPSTF Ranking*) Citations Expert recommendation Hypertension is a risk … particularly hypertension), and early deaths resulting from heart disease or stroke, to assess the risks … Risk factors and risk behaviors accelerate the development of atherosclerosis, and risk reduction delays … culminates in thrombosis, III Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk … on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents:

250. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/fallpxoverview.pptx
     October 01, 2017 - Does information exist to identify residents at risk? How can this information be used? … preventing adverse events Proactive rather than reactive Identify residents with recent changes in risks … Profile risks for each resident in report Prioritize residents for possible changes to their treatment … Worksheet Each Self-Assessment worksheet is designed to help nursing home staff review how they: Screen for risks … Mitigate those risks. Prioritize residents who may need care plan changes.

251. Preventablehospitalandedvisits-Implmatl (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/preventablehospitalandedvisits-implmatl.pdf
     June 03, 2025 - Who is responsible for completing the transfer risk assessment? … at risk for hospitalization? … Report – High Risk and Medium Risk 1. … Weekly transfer risk meeting 8. … on the report to ensure that data on the report agree with staff knowledge of residents’ health and risks

252. On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing: Facilitator Training Instructor's Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/guide.html
     December 01, 2017 - feasibility and usefulness and content is based on review of the published literature concerning the risks … Some identify a profile of risk factors; others focus on a particular risk factor. … causes of risk changes. … Show recent changes in risks. Profile risks for each resident in the report. … The Self-Assessment worksheet is designed to help nursing home staff review how they: Screen for risks

253. Final Progress Report: Are Volume Standards Accurate Measures? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/glance-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - compared to lower-risk patients. … rates after adjusting for patient risk factors. … This “volume” effect was limited to high-risk (SAPS II between 30 and 41) and very-high-risk patients … measures for risk-adjusted measures of quality. … The risks of risk adjustment. JAMA 1997; 278(19):1600-1607. (13) Gonnella JS, Louis DZ, Gozum ME.

254. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapa.html
     April 01, 2018 - determine whether, and, if so, to what extent, this approach was effective in reducing nosocomial infection risks … index (measuring the intensity of efforts to intervene in the care of patients to reduce infection risks … Methods The developed risk index score ranges from 0 to 3 and depends on the number of risk factors … clean operations; 37% in high-risk clean-contaminated operations; 61% in high risk contaminated and … In terms of risk factors for SSI in HIV-infected patients, we found that HCV infection was the only risk

255. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/overview.html
     July 01, 2021 - non-indicated conditions. 2,3,4   The use of antipsychotics in children and adolescents can increase the risk … which can have serious implications for future health outcomes. 6,7,8  Additionally, there are serious risks … cardiac arrhythmias, extrapyramidal side effects, sedation, and somnolence. 9 Despite known health risks … provided a trial of psychosocial treatment may unnecessarily incur the metabolic and physical health risks … therapies may lead to poorer mental and physical health outcomes. 13,14,15  In addition, given the health risks

256. For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/heart-month-tools.html
     February 01, 2023 - morbidity and mortality by about 20 percent; it also reduces hospital admissions by 28 percent and the risk … Diagnosing and treating heart disease in its early stages is crucial to reducing patients’ risks of serious … collection of resources to help primary care practices implement the best evidence for reducing cardiac risks … It includes Integrating Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculators into Primary Care , a guide to help … primary care physicians assess their patients’ risk of a cardiovascular disease event.

257. Learn From Defects in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/learn-from-defects-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - Slide 28: How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? … Ask: How will you know the risks were reduced? … Slide 30: How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? … Ask: Are there other ways to assess whether risks were actually reduced? … With supporting data, show your staff the reduced risks for patient harm.

258. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/prev-handouts.html
     December 01, 2017 - risk factors, persons at high risk for pressure ulcers and whose risk factors have recently changed. … Are those residents at risk or with changing risk factors being identified? … There are concerns that the information on risk and changing risk may not be readily available to members … They can provide timely information on risk and changing risk to those making care decisions. … In addition, you want to identify how they identify changes in risks and how the risks get used to make

259. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Training (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallpxreports-ig.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - report is designed to help clinicians see changes in resident status earlier and intervene earlier when risks … for high risk. … Contributing Risk Factors included in the Falls High-Risk Report. … of Fall Risk Factors Report. … Report Slide 8: Falls High-Risk Report Slide 9: Falls High-Risk Report Slide 10: Falls High-Risk

260. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/resphys-champions_2.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - We present a plan to help teams that include RPs address risks related to invasive devices in the hospital … whereas a subclavian CVC has lower infection risk but poses an increased risk for pneumothorax. … members by— o Sharing patient stories about where harm was averted o Explaining the significant risks … respiratory therapists, and other disciplines on following standard processes and reducing infection risks … Analysis and considerations of options and risks.