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Back injuries, high fall rates and uncertainty about the safest way to move patients are challenges many healthcare teams face every day. Without a clear, consistent approach, staff safety suffers, patients are put at risk and costs climb.

In this episode of the CareThreads podcast, host Alex Riley sits down with Intermountain Health nursing leaders Jamie D’Ausilio and Roxanne Butterfield to share how they tackled these issues with the Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT). This simple, four-step mobility check is helping teams to reduce falls, falls with injury, and patient handling injuries.

Listeners will learn:

• What the BMAT is and how it works in four quick, simple steps
• How standardized mobility assessments improve safety and teamwork
• Real-world outcomes from BMAT pilots, including dramatic reduction in falls and injuries
• Strategies for getting staff buy-in and overcoming implementation barriers
• The financial impact of reduced injuries on healthcare organizations

Whether you’re a nurse, therapist or healthcare leader, this episode offers practical steps to improve mobility safety.