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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A review published by the Baylor College of Medicine found adult Black patients were significantly more likely to be physically restrained in emergency departments compared with all other patients.

MILFORD, Ohio, June 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The use of bed restraints is a delicate issue for healthcare providers. Thousands of patients in U.S. hospitals are tied to their beds every day.

LOS ANGELES -- The use of chemical restraint was more common among Black patients versus white and Hispanic patients in psychiatric emergency settings, a single-center study suggested. Among 852 ...

Landmark review of NHS dementia care reveals 'culture of containment' where patients are drugged and prevented from leaving their bed - sometimes for weeks ...

Court monitor's report troubles advocates for the disabled. Nearly two years after Minnesota pledged to eliminate the use of mechanical restraints and seclusion at facilities for people with ...