A new online resource from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing may help nursing home change teams use electronic medical records (EMRs) to effectively monitor and manage residents' pressure ulcers. The program uses the On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessmentto provide a set of structured, standardized data elements for comprehensive documentation of weekly pressure ulcer characteristics as well as treatments and interventions. The assessment tool guides clinicians to systematically assess residents with pressure ulcers and thus helps less-experienced clinicians assess and care for these residents. The tool also serves the most experienced clinicians in their pressure ulcer management practice. For more on Pressure Ulcer Healing in Nursing Homes click here.
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.
Electronic Reports
- Sample Reports and Report Descriptions.
- Pressure Ulcer Assessment (used to populate the reports).
Implementation Materials
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.
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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