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The hospital that silenced the machines
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The hospital that silenced the machines

Anyone who has ever spent time in a hospital knows the relentless soundtrack of beeping monitors, which is terrible for healing and completely exhausting for nurses. Now, a British hospital in Cornwall has taken a wonderfully clever approach by turning that noise into routed digital data instead of blaring acoustic alarms. Staff simply carry smart mobile devices that alert the right person directly, wiping out hundreds of pointless public buzzers every day. And here's the thing - patients finally get the quiet rest they need to actually recover, while medical teams avoid dangerous alarm fatigue. Which brings me to wonder why we didn't start doing this everywhere years ago!
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