The website, www.PatientAmbulation.com, is free and does not require registration to use. Features of the online tool include a downloadable patient ambulation guide with links to more than 50 articles and studies on the complications of immobility; benefits and evidence with regard to safe, early patient mobility; potential cost savings for hospitals and how to implement a patient ambulation program.
“The exciting thing about PatientAmbulation.com is that it will never be completed,” said Blickman Executive Vice President Nick Marinis. “We will continue to add articles, studies and post stories that will help patients, clinicians and facilities address the challenges and gain the benefits of safe, early and frequent patient ambulation.”
To access the website, click here. To access the patient ambulation guide, click here.
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