A federal inspection of a Connecticut hospital revealed that a patient with severe physical and mental issues died as the result of being held in physical restraints, as recorded in the patient’s ...
More than 14,300 patient deaths in medical facilities and hospitals across the U.S. involved them being placed in restraint or seclusion, a USA TODAY Network-New York investigation found. The newly ...
New data from Massachusetts’ state mental hospital in Worcester is raising concerns about how long patients are being physically restrained. In an adult care unit in the Department of Mental Health’s ...
Los Angeles General Medical Center restrained patients in its psychiatric inpatient unit at the fourth-highest rate of any such facility in the United States, newly released annual figures show — the ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A disability rights organization has sued the state’s behavioral health care agency, alleging the department has unlawfully withheld information tied to accusations that ...
When he came home from the hospital, Marcelus Laidler began to wet the bed. His mother noticed he seemed leery, questioning everything she did. His ankles and wrists bore scars — the result, he said, ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Care team “huddles” led to a reduction in physical restraint events at a children’s hospital. Restraint events ...
The Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs, the state’s only public adult psychiatric facility, is continuing to see high staff vacancies, budget deficits, and shortfalls in health and safety ...