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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s been years in the making; can we get it done in 2013? Health care professionals have been advocating for safe patient handling legislation to improve patient care in New York for years. These ...

Question: How many 130-pound nurses does it take to safely transfer a 350-pound patient from his bed to a chair? Answer: Only one, if she has the right equipment and training. Unfortunately, hundreds ...

When Donna McDevitt, 51, went through nursing school, her instructors wore nursing caps and white stockings with white shoes. They were hardcore, McDevitt said, dedicated and selfless. Hospitals must ...

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 ...