Residents of bankrupt long-term healthcare facilities are more likely to suffer adverse care outcomes, according to a new working paper released this week. Researchers found patients were more likely ...
The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...
Spread the loveIntroduction A recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General has raised alarming concerns regarding the misuse of antipsychotic ...
Two weeks into her emergency department orientation at a Seattle hospital, Kelsey, a 21-year-old nurse, was already starting to worry she might not leave work alive that day. Her patient, bound in six ...
The newly reported details of patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion spanned from 2020 through 2023. The deaths happened at hospitals in every state except Alaska, with some individual ...
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