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 ...

NIOSH in March released a booklet (.pdf file) and Web-based training on safe patient handling for nursing schools. According to NIOSH, a 2007 list of at-risk occupations for musculoskeletal disorders ...

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 ...

Safe patient handling encompasses strategies and technologies designed to mitigate the high physical loads imposed on healthcare workers during tasks such as lifting, transferring and repositioning ...

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 ...

UC’s Academic Health Center colleges have come together to create a space in which nursing, physical and occupational therapy students, and health aids can learn how to safely care for patients. The ...

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 ...

Target rehabilitation facilities, home healthcare and the US; prioritize AI-enabled monitoring, robotics, connected devices and smart mobility equipment.Dublin, Oct. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...