Care is Timeless
Throughout our history, healthcare has changed significantly — but our support for the caregivers at the heart of it is timeless. As clinical practices and priorities have evolved, our commitment to you has never wavered. Look back with us on our history of supporting caregivers, then join us in looking ahead to a bright future of saving and sustaining lives together.
Explore Key Moments of Innovation
Why look back? Because yesterday’s learnings fuel tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Join us as we highlight some of our innovations through the years — and see how they drive our work to support the patients and care teams of today.
1930s: Wooden Hospital Beds
Our founder introduced wooden hospital beds to help “bring the home into the hospital.”1,2
1950s: High-Low Bed
Our first electronic high-low bed aimed to help clinicians care for patients.2,3
1970s: Siderail Convenience
We first moved the nurse call button and other controls to the bed siderail.4
1995: Clinitron Elexis Bed*
This therapy bed — a predecessor of the Envella bed — helped treat and manage pressure injuries.5
1997: TotalCare Bed System
We introduced the first TotalCare Bed System with surface features to support pressure redistribution.6
2007: Bariatric Support
We introduced the TotalCare Bariatric Plus Therapy System to address the needs of patients of size.7,8
2014: Progressa Bed System
This ICU bed helped address complications of immobility, and it introduced StayInPlace technology.9
2017: Centrella Smart+ Bed
This innovative hospital bed delivers verbal and visual notifications, unique safety features and much more.10
2019: Contact-Free Monitoring
The Centrella Smart+ Bed features technology which provides continuous measure of heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) in an automatic, contact-less manner.11
2023: Progressa+ ICU Bed
Our latest ICU bed helps support early mobility protocols, skin protection and in-bed therapies.13
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Innovation is Timeless
Healthcare has changed greatly over the years — and we have been there every step of the way. Our latest smart beds for Med-Surg and the ICU are designed with today’s challenges in mind. Get to know these modern smart beds, then learn how you can extend their value across your organization.
Let’s Look to the Future Together
Reach out to talk with us about the future of care at your organization — and how we can help.
*Clinitron Elexis Bed no longer available for sale.
1. “Our History.” Hillrom, https://www.baxter.com/our-story/our-history. Accessed May 1, 2024.
2. “Hillenbrand Industry, Inc. History.” Funding Universe. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/hillenbrand-industries-inc-history/. Accessed May 1, 2024.
3. I Ghersi et al 2016 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 705 012054
4. “Patents Assigned to Hill-Rom.” Justicia Patents. https://patents.justia.com/assignee/hill-rom?page=91. Accessed May 1, 2024.
5. “510(k) Premarket Notification.” U.S. Food & Drug Administration. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K943385. Accessed May 1, 2024.
6. “510(k) Premarket Notification.” U.S. Food & Drug Administration. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K962942. Accessed May 1, 2024.
7. “Hill-Rom, Inc. Innovative TotalCare® Bariatric Plus Therapy System Receives Gold Medical Device Excellence Award.” BioSpace, June 6, 2008. https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/hill-rom-inc-innovative-totalcare-r-bariatric-plus-therapy-system-receives-gold-medical-device-excellence-award-/. Press release.
8. Ghersi I, Mariño M, Miralles MT. Smart medical beds in patient-care environments of the twenty-first century: a state-of-art survey. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2018 Jul 9;18(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s12911-018-0643-5. PMID: 29986684; PMCID: PMC6038300.
9. “New Progressa® Bed System from Hill-Rom Helps Treat and Prevent Complications for ICU Patients, Eases Caregiving for Critical Care Staff.” PR Newswire, March 14, 2014. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-progressa-bed-system-from-hill-rom-helps-treat-and-prevent-complications-for-icu-patients-eases-caregiving-for-critical-care-staff-250363831.html. Press release.
10. “Hill-Rom Advances Patient Care, Safety and Satisfaction with Launch of New Centrella™ Smart+ bed Solution.” PR Newswire, October 23, 2017. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hill-rom-advances-patient-care-safety-and-satisfaction-with-launch-of-new-centrella-smart-bed-solution-300540942.html. Press release.
11. “Hill-Rom And EarlySense Define New Standard Of Care With Commercial Launch Of Patient Monitoring Technology For Centrella® Smart+ Beds.” PR Newswire, December 10, 2018. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hill-rom-and-earlysense-define-new-standard-of-care-with-commercial-launch-of-patient-monitoring-technology-for-centrella-smart-beds-300762338.html. Press release.
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