At a new 289-bed hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., now under construction and scheduled to open next year, wireless technology is being implemented everywhere from nursing stations to patient rooms.
The goal is twofold: improve patient care and reduce cost.
Stephen Foster, director of ICT services with EllisDon Corp., the primary builder of the $250-million facility, says that administrators have done "a terrific job" to ensure they are protected both now and into the future.
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A team from Montreal's McGill University has pioneered a medical first by administering anesthesia via remote teleconferencing for surgery that was taking place in Pisa, Italy.
On Aug. 30, Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team from McGill's anesthesia department treated patients undergoing thyroid gland surgery in Italy, putting them to sleep remotely from a control room in Montreal.
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The ruling means the country’s largest telephone companies must allocate $733 million out of special ‘deferral accounts’ towards customer rebates and rural broadband. This includes $310 million rebated to urban home telephone customers, and $422 million to deploy broadband Internet service to 287 rural and remote communities.
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Live today, the city’s main web platform has an exciting new look and feel that respects visitors’ time and puts their top tasks just a click away from the homepage. “The city of Ottawa is a dynamic place – and the City’s website should reflect that,” says Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien. “These changes stem from the Taskforce on E-Government and reflect the citizen-centric thinking that Ottawa residents expect and deserve.”
Telehealth allows a patient to visit with a physician through live video to receive a medical diagnosis when they are separated by distance. This means that people in Smithers can “visit” specialists in places like Prince George and Vancouver without actually making the trip.
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