The VA Boston Healthcare System has implemented the Palarum PUP SmartSock technology to help prevent patient falls and reduce their related costs.
The PUP (Patient is UP!) Smart Sock solution incorporates a patented wearable technology that helps prevent patient falls and enhance rehabilitation therapy. Featuring advanced eTextile and IoT technologies, PUP socks issue alarms to notify nearby nurses that a fall-risk patient is out of bed and unassisted.
"We are thrilled to team up with the VA Boston," said Patrick Baker, Palarum CEO and Founder of Palarum LLC. "VA facilities continue to utilize our PUP SmartSock at various sites and after rigorous testing, they are confident in our technology's ability to reduce patient falls and their related costs."
Patient falls in the U.S. are a devastating health care problem. Every year nearly one million patients in U.S. hospitals fall while hospitalized. Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) indicate that the average U.S. hospital experiences five falls per 1,000 patient days. Each patient fall is estimated to cost the healthcare facility over $10,200 per incident.
