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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a free, downloadable brochure and poster to help patients understand fall prevention. The brochure and poster are available in PDF and HTML ...

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 ...

Record fall deaths among older Americans prompt calls for routine screening, safer exam rooms, and stable clinical ...

Falls in acute care settings represent a significant challenge to patient safety, with potentially severe physical, psychological, and economic consequences. In hospitals, falls can lead to injury, ...

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, announces its groundbreaking ...

Every second, someone somewhere in the United States takes a devastating fall, contributing to a massive $50 billion annual healthcare burden, a figure set to double by 2030 as the baby boomer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Accidental falls in hospitals and care facilities place unnecessary burdens on patients and their families. Patient falls also have a material effect on the hospital or care facility itself, which can ...

Wynnewood, PA — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent for a device invented by Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, FAAN, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Main ...