Pediatric falls in hospital settings represent a significant yet largely preventable patient safety challenge. Falls can result in pain, injury and prolonged hospital stays, while also imposing ...
Falls are a serious public health problem globally, particularly in acute care hospitals, where hospitalized patients are at high risk for falls and may experience adverse outcomes such as prolonged ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Leapfrog, a non-profit group promoting safety in U.S. hospitals just published their fall safety ...
NYC Health Hospitals invests $30.5M in smart beds with fall prevention and pressure injury features to enhance patient safety across its facilities.
Participants in the 2015 National Council on Aging Falls Prevention Summit outlined four new priorities to update the Falls Free National Action Plan, the nation’s blueprint to address falls that was ...
More than 300 pairs of non-slip slippers were handed out at fall-prevention events. The events, organised by East Sussex ...
The Leapfrog Group has published its fall roundup of hospital safety grades, with most of Northern Virginia's major medical ...
New Castle County hospitals perform well in recent hospital grades. Hospitals in the other two counties didn't fare as well.
Hospital safety grades continued pattern of NY's health system getting subpar quality ranking, despite spending more than ...