Wireless Sensor Helps Prevent Bedsores

Wireless Sensor Helps Prevent Bedsores

In hospitals, nurses constantly have to prioritize patients based on their needs and changes in their condition. While critical patients and conditions are given priority, not so acute conditions fall down the priority list and can become a burden on patient and...
Tool Quickly Measures Patient Fall Risk

Tool Quickly Measures Patient Fall Risk

According to the Centers for Disease Control, one third of all adults 65 or older suffer from a fall each year. Of these, more than one in five incur moderate to severe injuries. In fact, the elderly are five times more likely to be hospitalized for injuries related...
Microsoft Touts Windows 10 for Healthcare

Microsoft Touts Windows 10 for Healthcare

Unless you’ve been living under a technology-insulated rock, you’re probably aware that Microsoft recently released the newest version of the company’s operating system, Windows 10. What you may have missed, however, was Microsoft’s pitch that...
Hat Helps Cancer Patients Keep Their Hair [video]

Hat Helps Cancer Patients Keep Their Hair [video]

Among the many miracles of modern medicine, the increasing survival rate of cancer patients has to be one of the most amazing. Treatments often combine surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy to help beat back the attack of cancer cells. One common side-effect of these...