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Optimized Senior Living Adopts Palarum's Patient Safety Technology
Optimized Senior Living adopts Palarum's electronic Patient Rounding application to improve monitoring and documentation of clients...
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Journal of Gerontologican Nursing Publishes Palarum's Clinical Trial Results
PUP® (Patient Is Up) Smart Sock Technology Prevents Falls Among Hospital Patients With High Fall Risk in a Clinical Trial and Observational Study...
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Fall Prevention for Seniors
In an average year, 3 million older Americans go to the ER after a fall. Learn about fall risk assessment and strategies for fall prevention in seniors...
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Covid's Potential Impact on Falls
Higher Fall Rate of Admitted Patients During the Ongoing COVID-19 Epidemic: Is It Coincidence or Not?
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E-Ink features Palarum in 'Digital Paper for Smart Credentialing'
One company blazing a trail is Palarum, an Ohio-based startup that’s taking the concept of a security badge in new directions. While traditional ID badges are geared toward protecting facilities from intruders, Palarum is focused on protecting hospital patients from injury...
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Evaluation of a Patient-Centered Fall-Prevention Tool Kit to Reduce Falls and Injuries
Falls represent a leading cause of preventable injury in hospitals and a frequently reported serious adverse event. Hospitalization is associated with an increased risk for falls and serious injuries including hip fractures, subdural hematomas, or even death...
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Palarum Announces US Veterans Affairs to Evaluate Use of 'Smart Patient Sock' to Reduce Patient Falls
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and Palarum, LLC, announced that they have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Program (CRADA) to evaluate Palarum’s innovative e-wearable technology which...
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2020 Best Tech Startups in Lebanon
The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Lebanon, Ohio. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:
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No More Broken Hips: Can Palarum End Hospital Falls?
TechOhio, an online site that highlights Ohio entrepreneurs and innovators, featured Palarum’s PUP smart sock technology. A video demonstrating the wearable technology includes an interview Palarum founder Patrick Baker.
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Hospital Fall Data & Claims for Hospital Injuries 2019
Hospital falls are a serious problem throughout the United States. Accidental falls are one of the most common incidents reported in hospitals. Research and studies have concluded that hundreds of thousands of patients fall during hospital stays each year in the United States.
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Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Launches Palarum Smart Socks Study
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center – one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers – has begun an Institutional Review Board evaluation of Palarum’s new PUP® “smart” sock among “high fall-risk” patients.
Read MoreTens of thousands of inpatients fall every year
Many patient falls result in moderate to severe injuries. View the video to learn out how the Center for Transforming Healthcare is working to increase safety among fall-risk patients.
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Hospital alarms prove a noisy misery for patients: ‘I feel like I’m in jail.’
The (Joint) commission has estimated that of the thousands of alarms going off throughout a hospital every day, an estimated 85 to 99 percent do not require clinical intervention. Staff, facing widespread “alarm fatigue,” can miss critical alerts, leading to patient deaths. Patients may get anxious about fluctuations in heart rate or blood pressure that are perfectly normal, the commission said.
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Important Facts about Falls
Each year, millions of older people—those 65 and older—fall. In fact, more than one out of four older people falls each year, but less than half tell their doctor. Falling once doubles your chances of falling again.
Read MoreWestchester Medical Center Health Network Urges Patients To Take Caution During Fall Prevention Awareness Month
Trips and slips are no laughing matter, as falls in the home are the number one reason for hospital visits nationwide. At Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the only Level I adult and pediatric trauma center in the Hudson Valley, falls have been the most common injury-related hospitalization for a consecutive 15 years, making up more than 40 percent of all trauma admissions.
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Too much noise from hospital alarms poses risk for patients
The sheer number — several hundred alarms per patient per day — can cause alarm fatigue. Nurses and other workers, overwhelmed or desensitized by the constant barrage, sometimes respond by turning down the volume on the devices, shutting them off or simply ignoring them — actions that can have serious, potentially fatal, consequences.
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NCOA Falls Assessment
Falling is NOT a normal part of aging. There are steps you can take to reduce your risk. Answer 12 questions to learn more.
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PUP® Smart Socks Featured in 2018 PwC Health Research Institute Report
Palarum’s PUP Smart Patient Socks appear in the medical device section of the 2018 “Global top health industry issues: Defining the healthcare of the future” report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute.
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Palarum PUP® Smart Sock Impresses French Minister
Palarum PUP smart patient sock technology was at the centre during visit of Bruno Le Maire, France's minister of Economy and Finance, to Texisense, the French company that made fabric pressure sensors and leads for the sock...
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Former UC Health executive raises millions to launch 'smart socks' venture
Patrick Baker, a former UC Health executive who is founder and CEO of Palarum LLC, says the Warren County startup's invention of an alarm system that features socks woven with a smart textile fabric could save a hospital millions of dollars a year....
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NCOA Falls Prevention
Did you know that 1 in 4 Americans aged 65+ falls every year? Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries for older Americans. Falls are costly—in dollars and in quality of life. However, falling is not an inevitable part of aging. Through practical lifestyle adjustments, evidence-based programs, and community partnerships, the number of falls among seniors can be reduced substantially.
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Falls Cost U.S. Hospitals $34 billion in Direct Medical Costs
Falls are a common cause of injury, both within and outside of health care settings. According to the CDC, in 2013, falls among older adults cost the U.S. health care system $34 billion in direct medical costs.
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