Review the following list of meetings in which falls risk and prevention is potentially discussed by the interdisciplinary team. For every meeting that occurs at your facility, indicate the type of ...

Images: Photos of the three presenters. Image: Depiction of how different harms are connected. Patient, with Urinary Catheter Harm is in the middle, with several issues surrounding it (i.e. immobility ...

After this session, you will be able to describe the impact of mechanical ventilation and ventilator-associated events or VAEs, identify the definitions of the three VAE tiers, recognize the ...

The Role of the Nurse Manager module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit addresses the role of nursing leaders for your quality improvement initiative. This module ...

There is a growing need for public and private health and social services programs to serve people with disabilities. Rehabilitation services may include medical or surgical therapy, environmental ...

After the Institute of Medicine released its sentinel report, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in conjunction with its Federal ...

What are the Four Infections and Why Should a Nursing Home Use this Toolkit? At least 25 percent of antibiotic prescriptions in nursing homes do not meet clinical guidelines for prescribing. This use ...

Cover Slide (CUSP Toolkit logo) The "Assemble the Team" module of the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit. The CUSP toolkit is a modular approach to patient safety, and modules ...

One of the first steps in producing a CAHPS report is to decide what information to include. This page offers a brief overview of the kinds of information you may want to share with your audience. To ...

This patient brochure provides information about the use of aspirin to prevent myocardial infarctions in men. Select to download print version ( PDF version - 851.36 KB; Plugin Software Help). How ...

Many organizations are uncertain about how to proceed with designing a workable solution for medication reconciliation. This chapter provides helpful information and tools for designing or redesigning ...

In 2015, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the Comparative Health System Performance (CHSP) Initiative to study how health care systems promote evidence-based practices in ...