Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has been fined £250,000 following the deaths of three elderly patients who suffered ...

Ambulatory clinic settings pose unique challenges to mitigating patients’ fall risks, but these interventions can help ensure patient safety.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has been fined £250,000 following failures relating to patient falls in its hospitals. Three elderly patients sustained falls in 2022 and 2023 and they all ...

The number of people seriously hurt falling off the U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Diego County has dropped sharply since the ...

After implementing the toolkit, we have not experienced any patient falls at our center. The toolkit highlights the importance of assessing patient fall risk and ensuring staff are assisting patients ...

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board [BCUHB] has been fined £250,000 today after admitting safety failures following the ...

Hospitals are performing at or better than pre-pandemic levels on multiple measures of quality and patient safety, including patient falls and pressure injuries (i.e., bed sores) that reflect work led ...

Background Inpatient falls are adverse events that often result in injury due to complex interactions between the hospital environment and patient risk factors and remain a significant problem in ...

In addition, testing revealed this patient had a recent cytomegalovirus infection which was identified by the treating physician as a possible contributing factor. CMV can infect and damage the ...

The company that runs the Sheldon hospital and clinic and several others in northwest Iowa has received an acolaid. Sanford ...