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AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

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AHRQ Tool Helps Improve Pressure Ulcer Healing in Nursing Homes With Electronic Medical Records

A new online resource, AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing, will help nursing homes use electronic medical records to effectively monitor and manage residents’ pressure ulcers. The program uses the On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessment system to provide a set of structured, standardized data elements for comprehensive documentation of pressure ulcer characteristics as well as treatments and interventions. The assessment tool guides clinicians in systematically assessing residents with pressure ulcers and thus helps less-experienced clinicians assess and care for these residents. The tool also serves experienced clinicians in their pressure ulcer management practice.
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AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing to help nursing homes with electronic medical records address pressure ulcers that are slow to heal. Pressure ulcers remain a serious problem in nursing homes despite regulatory and market approaches to encourage prevention and treatment. Pressure ulcers cause pain, disfigurement, and increased infection risk and are associated with longer hospital stays and increased morbidity and mortality. Median annual nursing home pressure ulcer prevalence was 7.5 percent in 2009, with associated costs of $3.3 billion annually.


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If you are interested in learning more about On-Time and would like to talk with someone, please email your contact information, including the best time to be reached by phone. Send email to: On-Time@ahrq.hhs.gov and type "request followup" in the subject line.
Page last reviewed May 2016
Internet Citation: AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing. May 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/index.html

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