November 2018

Before getting into specifics, put the issue of patient safety in perspective: What do you think would happen if 100,000 people died every year in airplane crashes? Doubtless, the aviation industry would descend into a critical state of emergency, devoting all available resources to address and maintain consumer safety. Yet, this is about how many […]

Recent data indicates that close to 25,000 fatal falls and 3.2 million medically-treated injuries from non-fatal falls occurred in hospitals across the U.S. in 2012. These figures make one thing clear: falls are highly prevalent in hospitals. This is a serious concern because according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, falls are the