A new system takes a novel approach to monitoring patients’ vital signs, like heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation, with pleasant-sounding melodies instead of alarms. Designed by ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain hospital sounds, such as electronic alarms, telephones and conversations, can wake people up even at relatively low levels, according to a new study. The results ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) Being a patient at a hospital brings stress, on top of already being unwell. People are always bustling about, nurses and doctors are administering care at all hours of the day ...

June 12 (Reuters) - Certain hospital sounds, such as electronic alarms, telephones and conversations, can wake patients up even at relatively low levels, creating an environment that may slow healing, ...

Hospital sounds disrupt patients’ sleep, according to a study in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers conducted a three-day polysomnographic study in a sound-attenuated sleep laboratory with 12 ...