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Can Google Glass Reduce Hospital Visits for Nursing Home Patients?
You may have heard of new technologies like Google Glass being used in operation rooms, but a new company is hoping to implement this technology in long-term care facilities – such as Phoenix nursing homes – across the nation. Third Eye Health uses Google Glass to connect nursing home staff with doctors in order…
Could Google Glass Help Nursing Home Residents Reduce Hospital Visits?
You may have heard of new technologies like Google Glass being used in operation rooms, but a new company is hoping to implement this technology in long-term care facilities – such as nursing homes – across the nation. Third Eye Health uses Google Glass to connect nursing home staff with doctors in order to…
Gastroschisis Birth Defect: Everything You Need to Know
Finding out you’re going to be a parent is often a very exciting and simultaneously frightening thing. You hope for a safe pregnancy and delivery – for both the mother and child’s sake, you worry with “what ifs” and do everything you can to avoid them. The truth is – sometimes what’s within your…
Gastroschisis Birth Defect: Everything You Need to Know
Finding out you’re going to be a parent is often a very exciting and simultaneously frightening thing. You hope for a safe pregnancy and delivery – for both the mother and child’s sake, you worry with “what ifs” and do everything you can to avoid them. The truth is – sometimes what’s within your…
What is Assisted Living?
What is Assisted Living? When an elderly loved one is in need of some supervision or help, but doesn’t need skilled nursing care, an Arizona assisted living community may be the right choice. At many communities, seniors can maintain some independence living in private or semiprivate rooms in a complex where meals are provided…
“Groove” Device Aims to End Texting While Driving
According to the CDC Motor Vehicle Safety, every day in the United States, nearly 10 people are killed and more than 1,153 people are injured in crashes that involve a distracted driver. Distracted driving is driving while doing another activity that takes your attention away from driving, which could include eating, texting, listening to the…
Drowning Accident Prevention
It’s not summertime in the valley, but the risk of drowning in Phoenix is a year-round concern. This is due in large part to the fact that many homes have a pool, but there are other risks to beware of, as well. On Saturday, a 9-month-old boy died from drowning in a bucket of…
National Birth Defect Prevention Month
If you’re currently pregnant or have children, you may have researched different birth defects at some point in time. We’ve written about a few on our blog, as well, including those associated with antidepressants or the popular medication often prescribed for morning sickness, Zofran. For Birth Defect Prevention Month, the goal is to arm…
January is National Birth Defect Prevention Month
If you’re currently pregnant or have children, you may have researched different birth defects at some point in time. We’ve written about a few on our blog, as well, including those associated with antidepressants or the popular medication often prescribed for morning sickness, Zofran. For Birth Defect Prevention Month, the goal is to arm…
Baby Dies After Contracting Legionnaires’ Disease in Hospital
Ryland Joseph was a happy baby from birth. The only son of Rodd and Kellie Joseph, Ryland was the center of their universe. But a mere four months after he was born, he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. His parents were told his only chance for survival was a…