Posted by Accutech on September 23, 2013 9:47 am
December 2013 will mark the end of support for the Watch Mate system and the 3M Resident Monitoring System (formerly HomeFree). For facilities still depending on their Watch Mate or HomeFree system for wander management, this means that after the ball drops in Times square, door controllers, monitors, tags and current technical support options will…
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Posted by Accutech on July 30, 2013 7:45 am
FacilityGuard Brings Scalable Electronic Access Control to Healthcare, Commercial Manufacturing and Education Facilities at a Fraction of the Cost of Competing Systems. July 30, 2013 – Accutech Security announces the release of its new electronic access control (EAC) solution FacilityGuard. FacilityGuard delivers robust EAC hardware features along with an innovative software interface at less than half of the…
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Posted by Accutech on July 22, 2013 12:17 pm
We recently conducted a survey of our Cuddles Infant Protection customers and got some very helpful feedback about our product and support. Thank you to everybody who took the time to answer our questions. We are proud that 90% of the respondents said that they would recommend Cuddles to peers. Over 65% said that our…
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Posted by Accutech on July 18, 2013 3:06 pm
At a recent meeting of the Society for Neuroscience scientists updated the way they look at Alzheimer’s disease. According to John Morrison of Mount Sinai Medical School in New York, treatment for the disease probably needs to begin years or even decades before symptoms even begin to appear.
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Posted by Accutech on June 7, 2013 3:36 pm
Nurses who specialize in caring for new mothers and infants share in tremendous joy, wonder and gratitude as well as anxiety and grief as a regular part of their workday. They are engaged and committed to providing extraordinary patient care both in terms of clinical outcomes and human compassion. Neonatal nursing staff meet the rigors…
Posted by Accutech on April 23, 2013 5:03 pm
“With millions more people expected to develop Alzheimer’s disease by the middle of the 21st century, the demand for wander management systems in long term care will explode.” – The Alzheimer’s Association
Topics: News, ResidentGuard
Posted by Accutech on April 8, 2013 12:57 pm
Hospital maternity wards and birthing centers must address the potential threat of abduction with security measures that track and protect their newborn patients. To safeguard against this threat, facilities deploy security systems designed specifically to maintain safety of infants in obstetric and pediatric departments using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. With a transmitter chip attached…
Posted by Accutech on March 1, 2013 10:55 am
A new study from the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging in Chicago demonstrates again that the rate of people suffering from Alzheimer’s in the United States could triple by the year 2050–from 5 million currently to about 13.8 million. “We’re going to need coordinated efforts for this upcoming epidemic,” says lead author Jennifer Weuve. “People…
Topics: News, ResidentGuard
Posted by Accutech on February 25, 2013 11:56 am
Babies switched at birth – the story strikes fear into the heart of every parent. In December 2012 in Minneapolis, new mother Tammy Van Dyke’s day-old baby was accidentally placed in the incorrect bassinet on the morning they were to be sent home together. He was given to the wrong mother and breastfed before the…
Posted by Accutech on January 31, 2013 1:27 pm
In a study just published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, show a connection between decreased slow brain waves generated during deep sleep and memory loss/brain deterioration as we grow older. This evidence that slow waves in the frontal brain help strengthen memories gives hope to therapeutic treatments for…
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