Optimized Senior Living adopts Palarum’s electronic Patient Rounding application to improve monitoring and documentation of clients…
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In an average year, 3 million older Americans go to the ER after a fall. Learn about fall risk assessment and strategies for fall prevention in seniors…
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One company blazing a trail is Palarum, an Ohio-based startup that’s taking the concept of a security badge in new directions. While traditional ID badges are geared toward protecting facilities from intruders, Palarum is focused on protecting hospital patients from injury…
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Higher Fall Rate of Admitted Patients During the Ongoing COVID-19 Epidemic: Is It Coincidence or Not?
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Falls represent a leading cause of preventable injury in hospitals and a frequently reported serious adverse event. Hospitalization is associated with an increased risk for falls and serious injuries including hip fractures, subdural hematomas, or even death…
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The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and Palarum, LLC, announced that they have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Program (CRADA) to evaluate Palarum’s innovative e-wearable technology which…
AN INNOVATIVE E-TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION TO PREVENT FALLS Within acute care settings, falls persist as one of the most common and potentially devastatingcomplications of healthcare. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates that asmany as 1 million hospitalized individuals fall each year, corresponding to between three and fivefalls per 1,000 patient days.1
Each year, millions of older people—those 65 and older—fall. In fact, more than one out of four older people falls each year, but less than half tell their doctor. Falling once doubles your chances of falling again.
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The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Lebanon, Ohio. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:
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The (Joint) commission has estimated that of the thousands of alarms going off throughout a hospital every day, an estimated 85 to 99 percent do not require clinical intervention. Staff, facing widespread “alarm fatigue,” can miss critical alerts, leading to patient deaths. Patients may get anxious about fluctuations in heart rate or blood pressure that…
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