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 ...

Thousands of patients are restrained in hospital ERs and wards with limited oversight A months-long investigation reveals state and federal laws allow hospitals to withhold many details about ...

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 ...