Loss aversion is the concept that losses are more psychologically impactful than gains. This is the most important idea in behavioral decision-making (1,2,3) and plays a huge role in healthcare. Loss ...

Creating a safe patient handling program can help reduce injuries and time lost due to injury. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and ...

The global patient handling equipment market is anticipated to grow at a steady CAGR of around 6% over the forecast period, supported by strong demographic trends, growing safety regulations, and an ...

As part of Project Mobility, a new initiative at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, patient lifts will be installed to improve both patient and employee safety. Active lifts, passive lifts, ceiling lifts ...

Safe patient handling programs help reduce nurse injuries. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and workplace violence. According to the ...

Decades of research support legislation to enact safe patient limits for nurses; the bill would task DPH with implementing enforceable limits in hospitals State legislators to also review bills to ...

A growing network of trained caregivers is transforming how patient movement happens across units and clinics On a day last fall, caregivers from across Duke University Hospital walked into a campus ...

In today’s world, advances in technology have provided a great opportunity for the application of this technology targeted at improving the safety of healthcare patients. Consider having a caregiver ...

“I Have Constant Fear”: A National Qualitative Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Care and Potential Solutions to Improve the Cancer Care Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic We implemented ...

Henry Ford Hospital has partnered with Atlas Lift Tech, Inc. and Arjo Diligent Clinical Consultants to launch a program aimed at enhancing the safety of patients and team members. The program, named ...