Researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center found that noise in patient rooms sometimes reaches twice the maximum 30-40 decibel level recommended by the World Health Organization, ...

To optimize the healing environment and minimize stress, distraction, annoyance and sleep disturbance, hospitals can take ...

Seattle Children flags helipad limits that strain emergency transport for ICU pediatric patients amid neighborhood noise ...

Residents of the affluent Laurelhurst community insisted Seattle Children's Hospital move its helipad, which only receives ...

Detectives have nabbed a set of nighttime thieves at Stanford Hospital, robbing patients of precious rest. The culprits: Ringing phones, beeping monitors, rattling wheelchairs and a chorus of hallway ...

"Here we were providing this level of care and [the patients' surveys were] telling us they're not feeling that care," says Vidal, referring to the fifth floor's ranking in the bottom 1 percent of ...

Acoustical engineers say hospital noise levels have grown steadily over the past five decades, stressing patients and staff, raising the risk of medical errors and hindering efforts to modernize ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...