Hospital and health system risk managers are most concerned about patient handling, according to a recent Aon report, Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer. About a third of hospital employee ...

Creating a safe patient handling program can help reduce injuries and time lost due to injury. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and ...

Safe patient handling programs help reduce nurse injuries. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and workplace violence. According to the ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently presented a report to the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors that revealed high rates of healthcare employee injuries ...

Bassett Healthcare Network’s Valley Health Services has recently partnered with the Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida ...

A growing network of trained caregivers is transforming how patient movement happens across units and clinics On a day last fall, caregivers from across Duke University Hospital walked into a campus ...

Wy’East Medical has an answer for new safe patient lifting mandates like California’s AB 1136 legislation -- the Pink Slip™ for zero-lift patient handling PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Numbers ...

Devastating physical and financial blows have been felt for years from both sides of the hospital curtain due to the alarming rate of healthcare workforce injuries. According to the American Nurses ...

Bassett Healthcare Network’s Valley Health Services will use a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Herkimer & ...

Devastating physical and financial blows have been felt for years from both sides of the hospital curtain due to the alarming rate of healthcare workforce injuries. According to the American Nurses ...