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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedDykes PC, Duckworth M, Cunningham S
Pilot testing Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety): a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit.
Patient falls during an acute hospitalization cause injury, reduced mobility, and increased costs. The laminated paper Fall TIPS Toolkit (Fall TIPS) provides clinical decision support at the bedside by linking each patient's fall risk assessment with evidence-based interventions. The investigators examined strategies to integrate this evidence into clinical practice. They concluded that engaging hospital and clinical leadership is critical in translating evidence-based care into clinical practice. They address and detail barriers to adoption of the protocol to provide guidance for spread to other institutions.
AHRQ-funded; HS025128.
Citation: Dykes PC, Duckworth M, Cunningham S .
Pilot testing Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety): a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2017 Aug;43(8):403-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.05.002..
Keywords: Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Shared Decision Making, Evidence-Based Practice, Falls, Hospitals, Injuries and Wounds, Inpatient Care, Patient Safety, Prevention, Risk, Tools & Toolkits
Katsulis Z, Ergai A, Leung WY
Iterative user centered design for development of a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit.
The use of electronic decision support that tailors fall prevention strategy to patient-specific risk factors, known as Fall T.I.P.S (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety), has proven to be an effective approach for decreasing hospital falls. A paper version of the Fall T.I.P.S toolkit was developed primarily for hospitals that do not have the resources to implement the electronic solution; however, more work is needed to optimize the effectiveness of the paper version of this tool.
AHRQ-funded; HS023535.
Citation: Katsulis Z, Ergai A, Leung WY .
Iterative user centered design for development of a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit.
Appl Ergon 2016 Sep;56:117-26. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.03.011.
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Keywords: Falls, Tools & Toolkits, Prevention, Patient Safety, Hospitals
Huang LC, Conley D, Lipsitz S
The Surgical Safety Checklist and teamwork coaching tools: a study of inter-rater reliability.
The authors assessed the inter-rater reliability (IRR) of two novel observation tools for measuring surgical safety checklist performance and teamwork. They found that both the Checklist Coaching Tool and the Surgical Teamwork Tool demonstrated substantial IRR and required limited training to use, indicating that both instruments may be used to observe checklist performance and teamwork in the operating room. They recommended that further refinement and calibration of observer expectations, particularly in rating teamwork, could improve the utility of the tools.
AHRQ-funded; HS019631.
Citation: Huang LC, Conley D, Lipsitz S .
The Surgical Safety Checklist and teamwork coaching tools: a study of inter-rater reliability.
BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Aug;23(8):639-50. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002446.
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Keywords: Patient Safety, Surgery, Tools & Toolkits, Teams, Adverse Events, Medical Errors, Prevention
Clancy CM
AHRQ Author: Clancy CM
Evidence-based toolkit helps organizations reduce patient falls.
This article describes an evidence-based hospital fall-prevention toolkit developed by AHRQ that helps clinicians negotiate the change process at their organization. It was created by a team with expertise both in fall prevention and in organizational change, including staff from the RAND Corporation, ECRI Institute, and Boston University.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Clancy CM .
Evidence-based toolkit helps organizations reduce patient falls.
J Nurs Care Qual 2013 Jul-Sep;28(3):195-7. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e318294a9d1.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Falls, Tools & Toolkits, Patient Safety, Prevention