Statistics patient falls from ECRI's 2025 database reveal fall causes, settings, and age groups to guide safety improvements.

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 ...

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 ...

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Higher nurse turnover in hospitals was associated with an increase in patient falls, according to a December study published in JAMA Network Open. Long-term care operators may be able to learn from ...

Inpatient clinical care teams generally use tools such as bed alarms, gait belts, closer nursing station placement and more to prevent patient falls. But those interventions can hinder clinical ...

Patient falls are a serious safety concern in hospitals. Injuries from falls can be devastating to patients and are now subject to reimbursement penalties from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Jack Egnatinsky, MD, medical director of the AAAHC and a retired anesthesiologist, provides guidance for overcoming the ASC challenge of how to prevent patient falls. Dr. Jack Egnatinsky: As the use ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 62-year-old patient from Kollam died after falling from his hospital bed while undergoing treatment at ...