The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is employing a new wearable technology to help prevent patient falls, according to a Dec. 12 news release. The wearables are “smart socks” made by Palarum, that use ...
Hospital patients experience hundreds of thousands of falls annually, with increased length of stay and care costs, according to The Joint Commission. A smart sock system significantly reduced patient ...
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ONTARIO — Ontario native Patrick Baker knew there was a better way to help hospitals prevent patients from getting out of bed on their own and potentially falling and hurting themselves. So Baker, a ...
Research led by nurses at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that a new wireless sock monitoring system reduced fall rates among "fall-risk" patients hospitalized at Ohio State's ...