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 ...

Acoustical engineers say hospital noise levels have grown steadily over the past five decades, stressing patients and staff, raising the risk of medical errors and hindering efforts to modernize ...

TACOMA, Wash. & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Memorial Hermann Healthcare System recently launched three new hospitalist programs in partnership with Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization.

Are computerized hospital alarms trying to tell us too much? The beeping of monitors has become the ever-present audio wallpaper of hospital units. Medical devices monitoring patients send off alerts ...

Monitors. Alarms. Pagers. People. Hospital noise can keep patients from getting a good night's sleep. Sound panels tested in the hallways of a hospital system helped reduce noise around patient rooms.

COLUMBUS, Ohio & TACOMA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization, announces that Robert A. Bessler, M.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer, is an invited ...