Healthcare workers may fail to respond to medical alarms because they have trouble hearing them — the result of a phenomenon called simultaneous masking, according to a study published in Human ...

Some years ago, a TV commercial showed a senior citizen by the name of Mrs. Fletcher lying on the floor, next to her walker, yelling, "I've fallen...and I can't get up." The commercial, which first ...

Healthcare facilities are heavily regulated environments. From electronic health records to how fire doors in a hospital need to be installed, many different organizations and government agencies ...

As baby boomers turn 60 this year, alarm companies are seeing an increase in requests for medical alert systems. Some dealers and central stations have been a part of the medical alert monitoring or ...

CONCORD, Calif.—In a wireless age, many people are dropping landline service. In response, Bay Alarm Medical is now offering a cellular medical alarm, according to a Nov. 20 news release. The system ...

The National Broadband Network (NBN) has announced that it will be meet 80 percent of the cost for upgrading unmonitored medical alarms, saying it will improve customer experience during the migration ...