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Medical alert devices can provide lifesaving support when you’re living alone and experiencing a medical emergency. These systems are also called personal emergency response systems (PERS). They can ...

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Medical alert devices are medical technologies that tend to the complex physiological monitoring of patients. This may include the continuous infusion of medication and enables invasive treatments to ...

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Medical Alert is a company that sells and services their own line of emergency medical alert products, such as home and mobile systems. The brand appeals to customers looking for an affordable option ...

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The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert for “alarm fatigue” among hospital staff — an overabundance of information transmitted by medical devices that can compromise patient safety.