Accidental falls in hospitals and care facilities place unnecessary burdens on patients and their families. Patient falls also have a material effect on the hospital or care facility itself, which can ...

GE HealthCare’s smart phone-sized Portrait Mobile frees the patient from the hospital bed while providing continuous monitoring of vital signs, using wearable sensors with a wireless protocol, to help ...

A new study led by nurses at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center involving 569 hospitalized patients found the use of a wireless sock monitoring system resulted in zero falls. Researchers ...

As the population in many industrialized countries ages, researchers worldwide have been developing technologies that would enable doctors to monitor patients at home, remotely and in real time. One ...

HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With most hospitals around the world currently relying on manual “spot-checks” to monitor patient vitals, GE Healthcare unveils Portrait Mobile 3, a wireless patient ...

Patient monitoring devices consist of medical devices that monitor a patient's vital signs and symptoms, which have a significant role in healthcare settings with their capacity to improve real-time ...

SAN JOSE, CALIF. - It's hard to find a better example of how technology is revolutionizing patient care than the tiny edible sensor Proteus Biomedical of Redwood City, Calif., plans to begin selling ...

Joint replacement surgery has advanced dramatically thanks to new materials, techniques, and technology. Procedures are safer, less invasive, and require less recovery time. There have also been great ...

Providers and patients alike have long complained about the web of cables that entangles patients in the hospital. While these cords provide a vital lifeline by connecting patients to monitoring ...