AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention provides a strategy for preventing adverse events in nursing homes. On-Time uses electronic medical records to develop weekly reports that identify residents at risk of common adverse events in nursing homes to help clinical staff intervene early. On-Time uses a facilitator to help the nursing home's change team integrate these reports into clinical decisionmaking to improve care planning. On-Time also provides implementation tools to help the team use the reports on a weekly basis.
Background
Adverse Events
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention.
- Pressure Ulcer Healing.
- Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits.
- Falls Prevention
For each topic, the Web site provides a description of the reports and suggested meetings and huddles where the reports may be used, the functional specifications for programming the reports, descriptions of implementation tools, and a training curriculum for facilitators.
More Information
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.
