Penn Medicine has a new way to reduce hospital noise, as monitors and alarms can be stressful for patients, especially ...

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 ...

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 ...

July 16, 2012 — A new study has quantified how disruptive typical hospital sounds are to the sleep of patients, and shows, perhaps not surprisingly, that electronic sounds that are intentionally ...

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 executives, healthcare system boards, and clinical staffs have never been more aware of the relationship between noise and patient wellness, says Kurt Rockstroh, FAIA, FACHA, President and ...

Belleville (Ill.) Hospital has joined a nationwide campaign to reduce noise levels in hospitals, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report. The Silent Hospitals Help Healing campaign aims to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Sleepless nights in one Northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood may have come to an end, at least for now. Neighbors living in the area have been wondering what’s up with all the ...

While I am most comfortable being the doctor in the patient-doctor encounter, I recently had the tables turned during a three-day stay at the hospital while recovering from a burst appendix. My ...

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