Patient safety is a top priority in healthcare, and one of the biggest challenges hospitals face is preventing falls. These accidents can lead to longer hospital stays and even serious injury.1 While ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Leapfrog, a non-profit group promoting safety in U.S. hospitals just published their fall safety ...

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 ...

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 ...

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) recently made recommended updates to the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries (STEADI) toolkit, focusing on fall prevention initiatives in primary care ...

NYC Health Hospitals invests $30.5M in smart beds with fall prevention and pressure injury features to enhance patient safety across its facilities.

The Leapfrog Group has published its fall roundup of hospital safety grades, with most of Northern Virginia's major medical ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Trident Medical Center is hosting a free-of-charge fall prevention screening and seminar Tuesday. This seminar will offer an opportunity to learn risk factors and prevent ...

If your facility provides care for older adults, you can provide this checklist to them, in the form of an 8-page brochure, to help reduce the likelihood of a home fall after they are released from ...

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, have published results showing that among older adults who sustained a traumatic injury ...