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)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, underscores the critical need ...

From shock-absorbing flooring to wearable technologies, hospitals have tried a litany of interventions to get to zero patient falls. But for years, falls have consistently landed on The Joint ...

Research led by nurses at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center has found that a new wireless sock monitoring system reduced fall rates among "fall-risk" patients hospitalized at Ohio ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Two French companies, Coronis Systems and Data Health System S.A. (DHS), have combined their technologies to create a wireless system that can alert health-care workers when a patient falls. The ...