Month: March 2012

new YORK (Reuters) – when a group of residents of Medicine of the University of Chicago were given an iPad to enable to use it in his work, detected that use Tablet helped them to be more efficient when they asked for analysis and testing to their patients. A study of the University program, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, followed 115 residents who received the device purchased by the hospital. The majority of residents who used the devices to access the medical history of patients and coordinates your care said that it reduced an hour of daily work. In addition, tended to more quickly send requests for testing. “Current medicine is very connected with information and a large amount of data is stored, but computers are not beside the bed (of patients),” said Dr. Bhakti Patel, lead author of the study from the University of Chicago. But using tablets, residents can view the analysis results instantly and request what you need the patient just decides the treatment. And everything from the room of the patient. After the good results of a pilot study on some residents, the team of Patel handed iPads 115 residents of internists in late 2010. The manufacturer of the iPad, Apple, did not give funds for the study. Residents could consult the medical histories, communicate with the laboratory or other areas of the hospital...

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has the eye to radiotherapy which will be submitted to President Hugo Chávez, who has returned from Cuba after being operated by a relapse of cancer at a time in which intensifies the campaign towards the October elections. Soon as he stepped on Caracas, Chávez convened Saturday to his followers to the Presidential Palace, where said to give “guidelines”, a sample that will return to the electoral battle despite the doubts arising from the cancer which has been operated three times in Havana. “Missing six months for elections and breathes in the street is the Bolivarian victory on October 7.” Know this until the stones! Not going to be with us! “, said on his return Friday night in a speech about 30 minutes where he was slightly swollen but with strong voice. “ Venezuelans are expectantly before how it will react to radiotherapy and if you decide to return to Havana for treatment, despite criticism from the opposition for his frequent travels to the island, which was submitted last year to four cycles of chemotherapy. A source familiar with the diagnosis of Chávez told Reuters that their doctors manage options ranging from external radiotherapy – not requiring hospitalization – brachytherapy, which involves implementing a “radioactive seed” in the affected area and could require an income. Experts point out that some of the more common...