Topic of the Month December: Hospital Computing

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Nobody will be spared! Doctors and hospital nurses need to spend more and more time in front of the computer screen. But since this optimises workflows nobody feels disadvantaged. On the contrary.

In October, MEDICA.de concerns itself with Hospital Computing in its Topic of the Month presenting articles about current research results.

Responsibles of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) decided this month to go live with the latest high-tech digital life-saving technology. It will be the first digital health system of its kind in the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. - Digital Hospital: New Telemedicine Improves Intensive Care

A recent study found that children with diabetes were more apt to monitor their blood glucose levels more often when engaged in an interactive game integrating personal diabetes data. - Multimedia: Computer Game Improves Children's Diabetes Care

A new study shows that sick children can go home from the hospital more quickly, less expensively and with less chance of a repeat visit if children's hospitals use a unique source of national data to check their performance against other children's hospitals and show them where they can improve. - Hospital Care: Electronic Records Help Optimising Treatment

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- MEDICA.de's topics in 2003