A fall prevention program for older adults offered benefits across two health systems with varied operations, volume and ...

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 ...

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, ...

Falls are one of the most common reasons older adults are treated in the emergency department, and many patients are ...

Data from more than 750 hospitals indicate the most effective tool to reduce inpatient falls is sensor technology, according to a Sept. 10 report from Sg2, a Vizient company. Fall-prevention sensor ...

Atrium Health's approach to fall prevention used to be inadequate, and was not properly protecting its hospital patients' safety. The health system's previous falls prevention technology lacked the ...

Falls pose a significant risk to older adults, often resulting in injuries that lead to other health problems, decreased independence, and a lower quality of life. They also pose a considerable burden ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Juliana S Oliveira, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2050, Australia; juliana.oliveira{at}sydney.edu.au Intervention Intervention ...