A 38-year-old patient in a mental health crisis broke off a metal rod from his emergency room bed and assaulted four workers ...

The A1 medical/surgical unit at Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati reduced its fall rate from 10 falls per 1,000 patient days to two falls per 1,000 patient days over three years through a ...

Overall, there is little variation in interventions used to prevent patient falls, despite different risk levels, according to a new data analysis from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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 ...

Staff committed a "gross failure" in their care of Gregory Dervin, a coroner says.

After incorporating machine learning technology into its fall prevention program, El Camino Hospital significantly improved fall rates. Identifying patients who are risk for falling is a key component ...

How Via Christi Health avoided patient fall injuries for 600+ days Pittsburg, Kan.-based Via Christi Hospital had no patient suffer an injury from a fall that required them to stay longer in the ...

(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 ...

Higher nurse turnover in hospitals was associated with an increase in patient falls, according to a December study published in JAMA Network Open. Long-term care operators may be able to learn from ...

Authorities launched an inquiry after a video surfaced showing alleged mismanagement in Cuttack's SCB Medical College and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WFFF/WVNY) — A patient at the University of ...

CUTTACK: A video purportedly showing a female patient falling from her bed inside the intensive care unit (ICU) of SCB ...