Patient Care Ergonomic Solutions, LLC

11/13/2020

This study was conducted at 5 Veterans Administration Medical Centers (VAMCs). A cross sectional survey was administered to 134 workers who routinely …

09/23/2020

Here's my updated website!

Feel free to contact me through PatientCareErgo@TampaBay.rr.com

Mary W. Matz, MSPH, CPE, CSPHP

10/11/2019

The 2nd edition of Patient Handling and Mobility has finally been published!!! I was the primary author of the 1st edition published in 2010. The focus is incorporation of patient care ergonomics in healthcare facility design and construction, but it's more than that too. It includes information on why 'safe patient handling and mobility' (SPHM) technology and design should be found in hospitals and other healthcare facilities and the book provides information on how to successfully implement and maintain SPHM programs in healthcare facilities. The VA had such a SPHM program and it resulted in a 50% decrease in the rate of nursing injuries! There's also information on developing and using cost benefit analyses to facilitate organizational SPHM program implementation. Last but not least, there's a look into the future of patient handling! Here's the link: https://www.fgiguidelines.org/resource/patient-handling-and-movement-assessments/

The first edition of this white paper was written by members of the Specialty Subcommittee on Patient Movement of the 2010 Health Guidelines Revision Committee. In 2019 FGI published the second edition, with expanded information …

07/31/2019

Great news! The VA developed a Safe Patient Handling App!

The Safe Patient Handling App offers assessments, tools, trainings and SPHM best practices to help you provide the safest care possible to Veterans. Watch this story: https://youtu.be/kj_tKpj4Mzs. Then visit the VA App Store to learn more: http://bit.ly/sphapp.

A Northeast Ohio veteran who spent most of the year bedridden is walking again, thanks to help from therapists who just wouldn’t give up.

05/25/2019

I just finished revising my company website!! Check it out!!
https://www.SPHMConsultants.com

Mary W. Matz, MSPH, CPE, CSPHP