Hospital networks take key role in health care as IT makes further clincial advances

	Organs on a Chip: Harvard plans to recreate the human body on silicon | Physician robot to begin making rounds
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	Hospital networks take key role in health care as IT makes further clincial advances The health care industry's increased use of electronic medical records (EMRs), wireless medical devices and personal mobile technology has turned hospital networks into important components in patient treatment. Practicing medicine now requires maintaining constant wireless connectivity and possibly managing wired network traffic if doctors and nurses are to fully leverage health IT according to health care professionals. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Accelerate Document Processing and Wow Your Customers Learn how intelligent imaging and BPM solutions, coupled with pragmatic best practices and methodology, can improve productivity, lower cost, increase accuracy, reduce cycle times and lower overall risk. Learn More In this Issue Organs on a Chip: Harvard plans to recreate the human body on silicon Physician robot to begin making rounds RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > Organs on a Chip: Harvard plans to recreate the human body on silicon One day, pharmaceutical companies might not have to test new drugs on animals or even humans. Instead, drugs could be tested with organ-on-a-chip technologies. These are not silicon chips that simulate organs or organisms, mind you; they contain real living, human tissue. Read More Physician robot to begin making rounds iRobot and InTouch Health unveiled a human-sized robot that allows clinicians and nurses to remotely communicate and evaluate a hospital patient's health. Read More
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