Technology

BlackBerry-sized monitor transmits data in real time

NEWMARKET, ONT. | When 94-year-old Victor Lawrence visited Southlake Regional Health Centre for an aortic valve replacement (AVR), he was the oldest patient to undergo surgery that day. Remarkably, he was also the first to leave the intensive care unit afterwards, thanks to a novel approach to AVR.

There are plenty of employment opportunities available in healthcare IT, and not enough people to fill them

About seven in 10 nurses in a survey said they use personal smartphones while on the job, but hospital information technology departments typically are not willing to support their devices on the hospital’s network.