Patient transfers accounted for nearly half of falls events reported to ECRI in a new analysis, underscoring how routine patient movement activities can create major safety vulnerabilities.

For decades, we have discussed the importance of patient-centered care. Value-based care (VBC) models often incorporate this concept, but achieving it remains a challenge. In recent years, we have ...

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 ...

Data has always played a central role in patient care and medical research. But today, data is driving healthcare transformation at an unprecedented pace. From the rise of EHRs to the emergence of AI, ...

When care teams screen older adults undergoing surgery for risk factors such as falls and delirium, they are able to improve the care and outcomes of this rapidly growing and uniquely vulnerable ...