Missing Patients

Read: Huntsville Hospital K9 Tracks Missing Patients, Detects Narcotics

Huntsville Hospital K9 Tracks Missing Patients, Detects Narcotics

Mollie, Huntsville Hospital Health System’s K9, can sniff out illegal drugs as well as find wandering patients.

Read: Responding to Elderly Patient Elopement and Wandering: Part 2

Responding to Elderly Patient Elopement and Wandering: Part 2

Security technology and proper planning can help mitigate the risk of patient wandering and elopement, as well as aid your healthcare facility’s response to a patient escape.

Read: How a Dementia Rehab Facility Manages Patient Security, Safety with IoT

How a Dementia Rehab Facility Manages Patient Security, Safety with IoT

A memory care facility is leveraging Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi connectivity to address patient safety and asset management.

Read: Fla. Senior Living Facility Enlists Direct Supply to Deter Patient Wandering 

Fla. Senior Living Facility Enlists Direct Supply to Deter Patient Wandering 

Direct Supply integrated the facility’s access control with video surveillance, intercoms and an at-risk human perimeter system.

Read: Lancaster General Hospital Creates Safety Plan After Receiving Citation

Lancaster General Hospital Creates Safety Plan After Receiving Citation

Part of the new plan will be appointing a Chief Operating and Integration Officer whose responsibility will be to oversee all clinical operations.

Read: Dementia Patient Found Dead in Restricted Stairwell at S.F. General

Dementia Patient Found Dead in Restricted Stairwell at S.F. General

The 75-year-old woman had been missing for 10 days from a nearby behavioral health center when her body was discovered in the stairwell.

Read: Family of Mental Health Patient Found Dead in Woods Files Lawsuit

Family of Mental Health Patient Found Dead in Woods Files Lawsuit

The man’s sisters are suing several parties after he wandered away from an appointment and was found dead three months later.

Police Locate Missing San Francisco General Hospital Patient

Authorities: Search for Missing Hospital Patient Found in Stairwell Was Delayed

Orderly Reported Unconscious Woman’s Body in Calif. Hospital’s Stairwell

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