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 ...

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 ...

Falls are one of the most common reasons for emergency calls among older people. Discover how practice managers can support ...

Vocera Communications, Inc. (VCRA), the leading healthcare communications company, announced this fall that long-time customer MedStar Montgomery Medical Center has once again improved patient care ...

When you enter a nursing home as a resident, you will have an almost 50% chance of falling before your next birthday. And if a nursing home has 100 beds, it would be expected to have, on average, 170 ...

The facility will install AI-driven falls prevention in beds and toilets by mid-2026. St. Andrew’s Community Hospital in ...

Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has received an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for Fall 2025. This ...

New Castle County hospitals perform well in recent hospital grades. Hospitals in the other two counties didn't fare as well.