SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. — A nurse from an assisted living facility in The Villages was arrested Monday after investigators said she declined to provide medical care for a dementia patient who died after a ...
Patients (and jurors) often have preconceived notions that a fall should never occur during a hospitalization. Hospitals themselves may have inadvertently created this higher expectation by adopting ...
ON THE LOOKOUT: Noelle West, a certified nursing assistant at Mission, keeps watch over patients at risk of falling at the monitoring station. Photo by Clarke Morrison With technology developed for ...
A new resource could help hospitals significantly reduce the number of patients injured from falls and save approximately $1 million. The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has ...
BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In observance of National Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 10-16, 2024), HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with ...
This article is sponsored by AvaSure. Twenty-three healthcare leaders gathered April 13 for a roundtable discussion sponsored by AvaSure at Becker’s Hospital Review’s 9th Annual Meeting, where Terry ...
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Like other hospitals around the nation, San Antonio Military Medical Center, located on Fort Sam Houston, is implementing new strategies to prevent patient injuries.
Hospitals that have had the most success with reducing patient falls share two common traits: They take the time to measure and analyze specific contributing factors that led to falls and they also ...
Parasol Medical, a specialty medical devices development company, launched the first patient Fall Prevention System. 1. The system combines patient fall monitoring with real-time incontinence ...
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 ...
A patient at Maine Medical Center was killed after falling from the sixth-floor window at the hospital Tuesday evening.Police identified the patient as Paul Cady, 43, of Hollis, Maine.Police said Cady ...
More than two dozen hospitals across Oregon were recently graded based on how safe they were in fall 2025. Here's what to ...