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

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

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

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 ...

June 12 (Reuters) - Certain hospital sounds, such as electronic alarms, telephones and conversations, can wake patients up even at relatively low levels, creating an environment that may slow healing, ...

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 ...

Every second counts when a child needs lifesaving care and Seattle Children’s will always put the health and safety of our ...

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 ...