From shock-absorbing flooring to wearable technologies, hospitals have tried a litany of interventions to get to zero patient falls. But for years, falls have consistently landed on The Joint ...

Kearney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center has cut its patient fall rate in half since launching a safety program last October, Kearney Hub reported June 10. When the No Falls program was implemented, ...

Multiple presenters at the 41st Annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress addressed risk and prevention of falls in patients with cancer, as it is a growing concern for health care providers. Health ...

Hospital patients experience hundreds of thousands of falls annually, with increased length of stay and care costs, according to The Joint Commission. A smart sock system significantly reduced patient ...

Thirty Kansas hospitals recently received grades from an independent watchdog group that assigns letter grades to hospitals ...

The National Center for Patient Safety offers a free, downloadable pocket card designed to help healthcare providers measure the risk of patient falls. Healthcare providers can use the Morse Fall ...

Healthcare facilities around the country are implementing different protocols to limit the number of patient falls, which may result in injury and readmission. 1. Hundreds of thousands of patients ...

(TNS) — A local company has developed a technology that can help health care facilities reduce the injuries and costs related to patient falls. Patrick Baker co-founded Palarum LLC in 2016 and is ...

A geriatrician shares her experience with older patients about healthy ageing - physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Endeavor Health Edward Hospital in Naperville earned an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog organization that analyzes data related to health care. Leapfrog recently released ...

Mumbai, Dec 02: Another incident of a patient falling from a bed has been reported at Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle (West). A ...