CMS will change how it selects candidates for the Special Focus Facility Program to put more emphasis on falls, the agency announced Wednesday.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is changing how states select candidates for the Special Focus Facility Program ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a revised memo Wednesday to strengthen the Special Focus Facility ...

A set of proposals seeking to end falls-related care delays due to policies in assisted living communities and other types of ...

MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - New state legislation aims to prevent falls and improve care in residential facilities. The proposals ...

Falls in acute care settings represent a significant challenge to patient safety, with potentially severe physical, psychological, and economic consequences. In hospitals, falls can lead to injury, ...

Atrium Health's approach to fall prevention used to be inadequate, and was not properly protecting its hospital patients' safety. The health system's previous falls prevention technology lacked the ...

Patient safety is a top priority in healthcare, and one of the biggest challenges hospitals face is preventing falls. These accidents can lead to longer hospital stays and even serious injury.1 While ...

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, announces its groundbreaking ...

Objective The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes in residential aged care (RAC) is uncertain. This paper reports on an intervention component analysis (ICA) of randomised controlled trials ...