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Topic of the Month December: Hospital & Practice

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Topic of the Month December: Hospital & Practice

Doctors can be vain - with special shoes they make a colourful statement in the ER. But it takes a lot more to properly equip hospitals and practices - especially nowadays in the field of electronics.

December's Topic of the Month at MEDICA.de is concerned with new achievements for hospitals and practices.

James Levine and colleagues work out during working hours. Their desk and computer platform is at the same time a moving treadmill. The “Office of the Future” is located at Mayo Clinic. - Office of the Future: Walking whilst Working

A Michigan hospital has cut in half the time it takes to begin life-saving treatment of heart attack patients by using cell phones to transmit electrocardiograms (ECGs) from the field. - Heart Attack: Cell Phones Save Time and Muscle

Portable vest pocket computers are about as big as the palm of a hand and they are going to change medical care in the future, says the scientist Dr. Daniel C. Baumgart from the Charité in Germany. - PDA: Vest Pocket Computers Changing Life in Clinics