The 70-year-old man was reportedly two stories high cleaning windows on the outside of a Westfield home when he fell from a ...

With its spring rankings coming soon, the LeapFrog Hospital Safety’s fall survey lists four Mass. hospitals as having low ...

These hospitals have lower rates of serious complications such as in-hospital falls, collapsed lungs from ... of the most common preventable patient safety events. Healthgrades’ data analysis ...

"Our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure the safety and well-being of our patients ... These indicators include in-hospital falls resulting in fracture, collapsed lung due to a procedure or ...

The Joint Commission defines a sentinel event as "a patient safety ... of the hospital's response so far includes the creation of a code blue team in addition to staff trainings on falls and ...