In the world of smartphones and tablets, pagers may seem dated, even archaic, but they are still a staple tool in healthcare. Forgoing more recent technologies may seem like a cost saving measure, but ...

Today, pagers are only seen in hospitals or on our favorite medical dramas. However, at one point in time, they were used by millions on a daily basis. Invented in 1939 by Al Gross, the first pagers ...

At a surprisingly large number of hospitals, the pager remains the backbone of communication. The Planet Money team tries to understand why the... Why do doctors still use pagers? JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: ...

In many photos, blood marks the spot where pagers tend to be clipped — to a belt, in a pocket, near a hand — in graphic reminders of just how intimately people still hold those devices and the links — ...

While most clinicians carry one or more mobile devices for a variety of use cases, it's still the case that no single screen is as popular as the desktop computer for physicians, according to a new ...

The small plastic box that beeped and flashed numbers was a lifeline to Laurie Dove in 1993. Pregnant with her first baby in a house beyond any town in rural Kansas, Dove used the little black device ...