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 ...

Inpatient clinical care teams generally use tools such as bed alarms, gait belts, closer nursing station placement and more to prevent patient falls. But those interventions can hinder clinical ...

Stephanie Conquest, RN, administrator of Franklin, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Surgery Center Cool Springs, joined Becker’s to discuss key strategies for enhancing quality and patient satisfaction and the ...

Patients with cataracts, AMD, and glaucoma have a higher risk of falls and fractures compared to controls. The study utilized data from over 18 million patients across more than 2200 primary care ...

Reports of serious patient safety events among healthcare facilities in 2022 rose 19% from 2021 with falls, the most common such event, rising nearly 27%, according to data reported to The Joint ...

Michigan hospitals collectively received more “C,” “D” and “F” letter grades on their safety report cards this fall than last year. While 51 of the 82 assessed hospitals were given an “A” or “B,” 19 ...

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, underscores the critical need ...

Less than a year after she enrolled in Medicaid, recovering cancer patient Kelly Oldfield will likely lose her coverage this summer after the COVID-19 public health emergency expires next month, ...

Research has found that a new wireless sock monitoring system reduced fall rates among 'fall-risk' patients hospitalized at Ohio State's Brain and Spine Hospital. Research led by nurses at The Ohio ...

People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at high risk for repeated falls and for fall-related injuries, including fractures and head injuries, researchers report in an article published online ...