Hospital falls are a serious problem throughout the United States. Accidental falls are one of the most common incidents reported in hospitals. Research and studies have concluded that hundreds of thousands of patients fall during hospital stays each year in the United States.
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TechOhio, an online site that highlights Ohio entrepreneurs and innovators, featured Palarum’s PUP smart sock technology. A video demonstrating the wearable technology includes an interview Palarum founder Patrick Baker.
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Trips and slips are no laughing matter, as falls in the home are the number one reason for hospital visits nationwide. At Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the only Level I adult and pediatric trauma center in the Hudson Valley, falls have been the most common…
Many patient falls result in moderate to severe injuries. View the video to learn out how the Center for Transforming Healthcare is working to increase safety among fall-risk patients.
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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center – one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers – has begun an Institutional Review Board evaluation of Palarum’s new PUP® “smart” sock among “high fall-risk” patients.
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Falling is NOT a normal part of aging. There are steps you can take to reduce your risk. Answer 12 questions to learn more.
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The sheer number — several hundred alarms per patient per day — can cause alarm fatigue. Nurses and other workers, overwhelmed or desensitized by the constant barrage, sometimes respond by turning down the volume on the devices, shutting them off or simply ignoring them — actions that can have serious, potentially fatal, consequences.
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Palarum’s PUP Smart Patient Socks appear in the medical device section of the 2018 “Global top health industry issues: Defining the healthcare of the future” report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute.
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Palarum PUP smart patient sock technology was at the centre during visit of Bruno Le Maire, France’s minister of Economy and Finance, to Texisense, the French company that made fabric pressure sensors and leads for the sock…
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Patrick Baker, a former UC Health executive who is founder and CEO of Palarum LLC, says the Warren County startup’s invention of an alarm system that features socks woven with a smart textile fabric could save a hospital millions of dollars a year….
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