Scene one: A patient enters the hospital either for a scheduled procedure or via the emergency department. They were admitted, treated while receiving leading patient care and sent on their way after ...

Behavioral health tracking company Ginger.io has announced a collaborative for tracking patient behavior and health outcomes with six academic medical centers, including UC San Francisco, Boston-based ...

Seclusion is a protocol used in hospital settings when a patient is displaying unsafe behaviors. Many organizations, including U.S. health care accrediting body the Joint Commission, say that it ...

“Subtle signs of delirium and/or declining mental awareness can include disorientation about date, location, reason for admission,” said Meghana R. Medavaram, MD, associate director of consultation ...

A study showed that more than 28% of patients who exhibited violent behavior continued exhibiting that violence in subsequent healthcare settings, often beginning out-of-hospital and continuing in the ...