Pagers lack more modern navigation technologies so can be harder to track, but are still widely used in hospitals for their reliable service. By Daisuke Wakabayashi In the 1990s, before the widespread ...

For most of us, pagers went out when cell phones came in, but some companies are still using them and when the messages sent without encryption, attackers can listen in and even interfere with the ...

There are times when a caregiver for an elderly or infirmed patient needs to react quickly to an emergency situation, such as a fall or seizure. Standard medical call systems such as LifeLine can ...

In recent years, campus emergencies like mass shootings or toxic substance releases have become an all-too-common headline on the nightly news. These developments have elevated awareness for tech ...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock wants to ban pagers from the NHS, calling the devices "archaic". The problem? They save lives. And, in this instance, old technology really does work. Just ask Simon ...

Fire departments countywide will be switching to a new paging system the morning of April 3. The pagers are used to alert on-call firefighters to emergencies. Because the current system was nearing ...