Where did the data come from? To report this story, The Times analyzed data collected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency that has gathered restraint information from ...

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 ...

In the chaotic environment of an emergency room, hospital staffers sometimes face the question of whether to use physical restraints when a patient is experiencing a behavioral crisis. Using ...

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 ...

One New York hospital’s security officers used a police-style “bent arm bar” hold on a pediatric patient under age 19, breaking her arm. Another hospital’s security team handcuffed a patient to a ...

February 4, 2008 – Newark, N.J. – A new study in the journal Perspectives in Psychiatric Care reveals that when an outside professional consultation team worked closely with the staff, providing ...

Although the use of physical restraint was generally uncommon in the emergency department (ED), Black patients were more likely to experience this during patient encounters compared with white ...

Nearly two years after Minnesota pledged to eliminate the use of mechanical restraints and seclusion at facilities for people with developmental disabilities, a court-appointed monitor has found that ...

BOSTON (AP) – The state is considering new rules that would reduce how and when psychiatric patients can be restrained. The new rules would require mental health facilities to train staff to intervene ...

Bridgewater State Hospital continues to use “unlawful and violent” restraint practices with patients and provides “inadequate access to appropriate medical care,” all while failing to address ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. SLUCare physician John Morley is director of geriatrics at St. Louis University and a geriatrician at St. Louis University ...