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 ...

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 ...

At least 50 hospital patients were improperly restrained in New York between 2015 and 2018, spanning men and women handcuffed, hit with batons, drugged, and left strapped to beds up to 12 hours ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recommended guidance and supervision to a mental healthcare institution that ...

Los Angeles General Medical Center restrains inpatients in its psychiatric unit at a rate higher than any other hospital in California — and more than 50 times the national average for inpatient ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Craig Fisher struggled to breathe as COVID-19 weakened his lungs last month, but he refused to seek hospital care despite knowing the decision could cost his life. After being improperly restrained at ...