A risk assessment tool has helped bring down the number of injuries staff get from psychiatric hospital patients.

Share on Pinterest A new screening tool may help identify people with COPD who haven’t yet been diagnosed. Instants/Getty Images Researchers say a 5-question screening tool may help diagnose people ...

The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitals is high. No nutritional screening tool is considered the gold standard for identifying nutritional risk. The aims of this study were to evaluate nutritional ...

The Joint Commission issued a quick safety advisory on March 27 with best practices and guidelines related to suicide risk screening. The advisory states that when using validated screening tools, ...

SAN DIEGO, May 25 -- Emergency department patients who may be suicidal can be identified with a simple tool designed for use by health professionals without a mental health background. The ...

Nutrition screening should be initiated on hospital admission by non-dietitians. This research aimed to validate and assess the reliability of the Canadian Nutrition Screening Tool (CNST) in the ‘real ...

A new blood test can be performed in a pregnant person’s first trimester to help assess their risk of developing preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication. It’s the first and ...

Early recognition of neurodevelopmental concerns and timely access to services have been shown to result in better outcomes for young children. But not all instruments are of equal value, and new ...