Getting to Your Emerald City: Ensuring Accountability & Sustainability in Resident Mobility Programs
Safe Resident Handling and Mobility programs are gaining momentum, but successfully implementing and sustaining them remains a challenge for many healthcare organizations.
This session will explore the challenges, strategies and real-world approaches healthcare organizations have used to achieve 84–95% reductions in workers’ compensation incidents and associated costs related to resident handling, while also reducing falls, hospital-acquired pressure injuries and other complications associated with immobility¹ .
Discover how to move beyond implementation to build a program that delivers measurable improvements for residents, caregivers and your organization.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Learn how intervening with mobility can improve clinical and safety outcomes for the resident caregiver and healthcare organization
- Identify common constraints and challenges that impact the success of safe resident handling programs
- Explore key strategies to implement and sustain successful safe resident handling programs
¹ Source: Arjo MOVE/Diligent internal program data, 2013–2025. Reported average reduction in patient handling-related injuries associated with the use of safe patient handling devices.
12:00 CST
Intervenant(e)
Andy Rich MS, OTR/L, CSPHP
Clinical Solutions Manager - Arjo
Andy Rich earned his Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Rush University in Chicago. After beginning his career in traditional clinical practice, he transitioned into the field of safe patient handling and mobility in 2004, and hasn’t looked back since.A passionate advocate for both caregiver and patient safety, Andy has served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals and contributed to the development of industry standards through education, consultation, and program design. Over the past two decades, he has worked as a consultant, clinical manager, and solution manager within Arjo’s MOVE® Programs, partnering with healthcare organizations nationwide to strengthen safety culture, reduce injuries, and transform mobility practices.Andy brings a distinctive blend of clinical expertise, behavioral-based safety, systems thinking, and improvisational comedy to his work—helping complex change feel practical, human, and even enjoyable. A frequent presenter at regional and national conferences, he is dedicated to creating mobility solutions that keep patients and caregivers safe, and deliver results worth bragging about.