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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling on health officials to find alternatives to physically restraining patients, voicing concerns after a Times investigation found an L.A. County-run ...
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 ...
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 ...
"They basically tied me to the rack, and I was a prisoner in my own body. Thinking back on it...it's just crazy, and I can't believe that they did that to me." Craig Fisher Craig Fisher struggled to ...
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 ...