https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation Use of electric shock to prevent bed sores en-us 2016-10-17 02:44:30 UTC 2016-10-22 17:10:30 UTC hello@padlet.com behappyinhopes https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131027910 2016-10-17 03:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131027910 behappyinhopes https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131029032 References
O'Connor, J. (2009). 'Smart' underwear stops pressure ulcers. Mcknight's Long-Term Care News, 30(6), 8.
Smart Underwear. (2012). PN, 66(8), 44.
Geekosystem. (2012, October 17). Electric Underwear Shocks Your Butt to Prevent Bedsores. ]]> 2016-10-17 03:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131029032 behappyinhopes https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131965519 More than 2.5 million people develop bedsores at a cost of more than $10 billion each year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Medicare statistics show that each pressure wound adds $43,180 to the cost of a hospital stay. ]]> 2016-10-20 02:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131965519 behappyinhopes https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131966411 Smart e-pants work by delivering an intermittent shock to the patient's nether regions. The mild jolts of electricity mimic fidgeting movements and shift a patient into a slightly different position thereby relieving pressure on the skin, increasing blood flow and preventing the sores from forming.

]]> 2016-10-20 02:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131966411 behappyinhopes https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131967103 Easy to use
Easy to put on
simplicity
Comfortable

]]> 2016-10-20 02:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131967103 behappyinhopes https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131967151 Cost??
Need larger study with larger population
Battery operated
Still on the development phase and approval phase.

]]> 2016-10-20 02:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131967151 behappyinhopes https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131968451 The way this technology is related to health care informatics is that it integrates the use of electrical engineering to health care  in prevention of pressure ulcer and its complications. ]]> 2016-10-20 03:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/131968451 behappyinhopes https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/132500949 2016-10-22 16:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/behappyinhopes/KolevCurrentInnovation/wish/132500949