Some years ago, a TV commercial showed a senior citizen by the name of Mrs. Fletcher lying on the floor, next to her walker, yelling, "I've fallen...and I can't get up." The commercial, which first ...

Healthcare facilities are heavily regulated environments. From electronic health records to how fire doors in a hospital need to be installed, many different organizations and government agencies ...

Jan. 11, 2011, 2:16 PM UTC / Source: GlobeNewswire PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Jan. 11, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical Alarm Concepts Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:MDHI), manufacturer of the MediPendant™, the ...

The National Broadband Network (NBN) has announced that it will be meet 80 percent of the cost for upgrading unmonitored medical alarms, saying it will improve customer experience during the migration ...

Bay Alarm Medical offers user-friendly medical alert systems delivering coverage in and out of the home. It includes features like GPS location tracking, auto fall detection, free spousal monitoring, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YesDTC Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:YESD), a direct-to-consumer marketer and global distributor of consumer goods and products, today announced the return of ...

The failure of hospital caregivers to respond to medical alerts is often attributed to “alarm fatigue” — the idea that nurses or doctors can become desensitized to the nonstop cacophony of beeps that ...

Thousands of alarms are generated each day in any given hospital, but there are many reasons why humans may fail to respond to medical alarms, including trouble hearing the alarm. New research from ...

Industry sounds off on a new document aimed at standardizing the design of alarm systems for use in medical equipment. Michael E. Wiklund and Eric A. Smith To many medical device manufacturers, the ...

Medical Alarm Concepts (MAC) develops and manufactures innovative products and practical solutions within the framework of a vast growing marketplace. We have built our reputation in the personal ...