The RAI manual was updated last fall, and many of us may not have noticed that the Quality Measures for falls with injury have changed. CMS has clarified ...

ECRI is urging hospital and health system leaders to take a balanced approach to fall prevention technology. Patient falls — a persistent healthcare safety issue — can cost an average of $14,000 per ...

Patient falls — a persistent healthcare safety issue — are more often tied to system failures than poor adherence to evidence-based interventions known as fall prevention bundles, according to a ...

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 ...