Caution is needed in balancing the risk of falls and fractures with the need to lower blood pressure for elderly patients living in long-term care facilities, data from the Veterans Health ...

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 ...

Sight-limiting eye disease can impact balance, posture, and gait even before patients become aware of visual impairments. Cataract, AMD, and glaucoma are each associated with increased risk for falls ...

The National Center for Patient Safety offers a free, downloadable pocket card designed to help healthcare providers measure the risk of patient falls. Healthcare providers can use the Morse Fall ...

Houston Methodist researchers created an artificial intelligence-powered application that can predict patients’ risk of injury if they suffer a severe fall, according to a Dec. 12 study published in ...

To prevent falls, a Colorado hospital is replacing frequent bed alarms with an AI-enabled system that analyzes EHR data for risk indicators. Historically, UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central classified ...

A new study by researchers at Peking University and the Chinese PLA General Hospital has found that multimorbidity—living with multiple chronic diseases—is closely associated with worsening fall ...