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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedSmith S, Snyder A, McMahon LF
Success in hospital-acquired pressure ulcer prevention: a tale in two data sets.
This study assessed hospital-acquired pressure ulcer (HAPU) incidence, severity, and trends using administrative data for 2009-14 from three states. The HAPU incidence the investigators found was approximately one-twentieth of that found in chart-based surveillance review data. The authors suggest that transitioning from administrative data to chart-based surveillance review to measure HAPUs and accounting for HAPU severity could improve the validity of HAPU measures for assessing the clinical and financial impact of value-based purchasing interventions.
AHRQ-funded; HS018334; HS019767.
Citation: Smith S, Snyder A, McMahon LF .
Success in hospital-acquired pressure ulcer prevention: a tale in two data sets.
Health Aff 2018 Nov;37(11):1787-96. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0712.
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Keywords: Data, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Pressure Ulcers, Prevention
Sharkey S, Hudak S, Horn SD
AHRQ Author: Spector W
Exploratory study of nursing home factors associated with successful implementation of clinical decision support tools for pressure ulcer prevention.
The researchers determined those factors that are associated with nursing homes' success in implementing the On-Time quality improvement (QI) for pressure ulcer prevention program and integrating health information technology (HIT) tools into practice at the unit level. They found that after at least 9 months of implementation effort, 36% of the nursing homes achieved level III of the On-Time QI-HIT program. They concluded that the learning from On-Time QI offers several lessons associated with facility factors that contribute to high level of implementation of a QI-HIT program in a nursing home.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; 29020050020.
Citation: Sharkey S, Hudak S, Horn SD .
Exploratory study of nursing home factors associated with successful implementation of clinical decision support tools for pressure ulcer prevention.
Adv Skin Wound Care 2013 Feb;26(2):83-92; quiz p.93-4. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000426718.59326.bb.
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Keywords: Health Information Technology (HIT), Nursing Homes, Pressure Ulcers, Prevention, Quality Improvement