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Project Aims to Tame Flood of Hospital ICU Data

A sedated woman lay in an Emory University Hospital intensive care bed, surrounded by machines and monitors – including a ventilator, feeding tube and six intravenous solution pumps. Each machine poured out data on treatment and vital signs. It was …

Massachusetts ‘Alarm Fatigue’ Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled

The family of an 89-year-old man who died at Massachusetts General Hospital when nurses did not respond to alarms on his cardiac monitor has settled its case against the hospital for $850,000. The Boston Globe reports Monday that the hospital …