Bedside “Sitters”, often used for patients at high risk for falls, have been deemed expensive, and their effectiveness unclear. Annals of Internal Medicine reviewed evidence, and compared the effects of […]
To address the challenge of patient falls and the cost associated with it, most hospitals assign staff to sit in high fall risk patients’ rooms. Sitters have never been proven […]
By Melanie C. Dreher, Patricia Quigley, Catherine Rick and Marla J. Weston More than 20 years after the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s seminal report “To Err is Human” […]
This strategy can benefit both nurses and patients. By Patricia A. Quigley, PhD, MPH, MS, APRN; Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN; and Jill Kaminski, MS Healthcare workers are four times more […]
Workplace violence (WPV) across all industries, including health care, continues to increase in the United States. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health refers to WPV as violent acts, […]
Covenant Health Plainview is committed to promoting and protecting the health and wellbeing of all patients. Because of this, the hospital has announced the utilization of new technology that is […]
Covenant has a new way to keep an eye on patients in rooms—even when nurses aren’t there. It’s called “telesitter.” It’s a camera that allows staff to monitor patients through […]
For many years, healthcare facilities hired “patient sitters” to watch patients at risk for falls or in harm situations. But hiring a patient sitter for each and every patient at […]
When a patient in the hospital requires 24/7 monitoring — due to a risk of falling, for example — someone must continually stay in the patient’s room to ensure the […]
Beebe has launched advanced technology in the form of “telesitters,” which are video monitoring devices that transmit patient images to specially trained staff (video monitor technicians) who can see the […]
