A hospital in central Pennsylvania has been cited by the Pennsylvania Department of Health after a patient died while being placed in restraints. An investigation into Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital’s ...

State health inspectors found that three patients placed in non-violent restraints at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s hospital didn’t receive proper checks from a registered nurse and the hospital had ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health cited Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill after conducting an investigation into the Sept. 26 death of a patient placed in restraints, according to a Penn ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — A hospital in central Pennsylvania has been cited by the Pennsylvania Department of Health following an investigation into the death of a patient who was placed in restraints.

Patients are less likely to be put in restraints when hospitals have more registered nurses on duty, new research has found. A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that ...

The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...

Lawmakers promptly pushed to improve restraint-use safety and reporting but failed to pass legislation. Federal regulators, however, enacted some of the policies, including a requirement in 1999 that ...

Seven Virginia sheriff’s deputies and three hospital employees are facing second-degree murder charges after a patient died while being admitted to a state mental health facility earlier this month.

Healthgrades has released its 2026 rankings of the safest hospitals in the U.S., highlighting facilities with the lowest rates of preventable complications ...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) inspired the quality improvement movement for US nursing homes with its 1986 report titled Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. 1 The report noted the ...

HARRISBURG -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health is citing a hospital for restraining a patient who later died from a brain injury. PennLive.com reported Thursday the health department found ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania hospital was cited by the state Department of Health for restraining a patient who later died under its care. The health department issued its citation against ...