Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in hospitals.
Falls can have a major impact on a patient's health which usually results in high costs and extra days in the hospital.
The average medical cost for each patient fall is $10,220, or $10 billion annually.
Palarum’s PUP (Patient is UP) “smart” socks could help decrease patient falls.
These smart socks are wired with sensors that sends an automatic alert to the three closest Nurses, via smart badges, when a patient tries to get up from a hospital bed and puts pressure on the socks.
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