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 ...

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, ...

Vocera Communications, Inc. (VCRA), the leading healthcare communications company, announced this fall that long-time customer MedStar Montgomery Medical Center has once again improved patient care ...

Participants in the 2015 National Council on Aging Falls Prevention Summit outlined four new priorities to update the Falls Free National Action Plan, the nation’s blueprint to address falls that was ...

Amid public scrutiny and recent patient safety protests, Novant’s New Hanover Regional Medical Center still isn’t tracking ...

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 ...

Saint Anne’s Hospital has been awarded an "A" Hospital Safety Grade by The Leapfrog Group for the 28th consecutive grading ...

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 ...

The non-profit organization Leapfrog Group has released its Fall 2025 hospital safety ratings. Here is how Peoria's hospitals ...