Patient-monitoring alarms in the hospital, especially in the ICU, can disrupt patients’ sleep. The Philips 2021 alarm sounds create a better experience for hospital clinicians, staff, patients, and their families. Better means that the sounds are both functional (attention getting, recognizable, distinct from other sounds) and sensible (not annoying or fatiguing, reasonably pleasant). The aim is for healthcare professionals to have a higher quality of work life and for patients and families to have a more healing environment and safer care from clinicians.