A 3-month study conducted in the intensive care unit (ICU) in Japan, revealed that health care workers experience reduced ...

A hospital executive in my home state of Texas was telling me about a fairly minor surgery she had about 18 months ago. One of the things she remembers most about her recovery time at the hospital was ...

Wheels on carts squeak. Nurses, doctors and staff chat. And units in Suburban Hospital in Bethesda can get loud. “This all affects the quality of the patients’ experience by making it less comfortable ...

While noise in a hospital may seem a simple nuisance, it can affect patients’ health and satisfaction, which in turn can impact hospitals’ reimbursement. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare ...

Announcements blare from overhead speakers. Electronic devices beep. Heating and cooling systems rumble. Employees and visitors speak loudly. This sound snapshot, researchers say, comes not from a ...

Children and their parents who sleep in a hospital setting are exposed to noise levels that that surpass WHO’s recommended noise levels in Europe. This exposure, according to researchers, ...

"I feel like I am in jail." This is a Kaiser Health News story. When Kea Turner’s 74-year-old grandmother checked into Virginia’s Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital with advanced lung cancer, she ...

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HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — The new Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital got another vote of approval to beginconstruction at Monday's South Boston Town Council meeting. Some concerns arose about noise ...

The sound echoed throughout Montefiore Medical Center, like somebody pounding dozens of nails around the clock. Wham! Wham! Wham! The source was actually a pill banger, used to crush medications for ...

SACRAMENTO — Air ambulances are often the quickest way for patients in rural areas to get critical medical care. The UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento currently has two active helipads, and now ...

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