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 ...

Three of the doctors who cared for patients in the aftermath of Sunday's attack on a Michigan church met with news media ...

Delray Beach, FL, Aug. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global patient handling equipment market , valued at US$11.8 billion in 2024 stood at US$12.4 billion in 2025 and is projected to advance at a ...

Loss aversion is the concept that losses are more psychologically impactful than gains. This is the most important idea in behavioral decision-making (1,2,3) and plays a huge role in healthcare. Loss ...

NSCFD sought out a solution to keep pace with high-acuity demands and reduce provider stress in time-critical situations ...

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 ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new bill requiring all California hospitals to have a safe patient handling policy, including “lift teams” trained to move patients using proper lift equipment ...

When Elena Tuskenis, MD, was in her first year of residency, she heard about the suicide of a patient she had seen briefly on an inpatient unit. The deceased patient had been treated at the hospital's ...

Whether through pressure injury prevention, fall prevention, infection prevention or safe patient handling initiatives, Stryker’s mission is to do everything possible to provide the optimal experience ...

The health care industry employs more than 18 million workers in the US, and patient care-related injuries, especially those related to moving patients, are a common cause of work disability in this ...

Three ambulatory surgery center administrators discuss tactics for collecting, benchmarking and responding to patient dissatisfaction. 1. Meet regularly to discuss patient complaints. David G. Daniel, ...