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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers are making strides in treating autoimmune diseases with cancer treatments. Lupus, multiple sclerosis & other ...

Healthcare facilities around the country are implementing different protocols to limit the number of patient falls, which may result in injury and readmission. 1. Hundreds of thousands of patients ...

The standard response to a resident fall in a skilled nursing facility or hospital has typically been a familiar, reactive ...

A national watchdog group recently scored some Wichita-area hospitals below average for several safety metrics, including patient falls and injuries, infections and safe medication administration. The ...

A new study from Penn Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) published in Nursing Outlook finds ...

People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at high risk for repeated falls and for fall-related injuries, including fractures and head injuries, researchers report in an article published online ...