One day, then, a medical computer might be administered as a drug.
ECONOMIST: A biological computer diagnoses and treats cancer
On the other hand, demand for medical professionals and computer engineers continues to grow at above-average rates.
Hundreds of state troopers, detectives and other law enforcement personnel are analyzing every round of ammunition fired, examining the gunman's medical history and computer use and talking to witnesses, Vance said previously.
It would also go to that person's electronic medical folder, where the computer works out what sort of drugs to subscribe based on medical history, other medications taken and so on.
Experts say if hospitals don't act now to correct computer programming, an alarming number of pieces of medical equipment may malfunction -- all because computer makers failed to plan for the next century.
CNN: Year 2000 bug could be dangerous for hospitals, experts warn
Within seconds, the camera reads his iris patterns, and a computer locates his medical record.
CNN: At Bronx clinic, the eyes are windows to medical records
She produced fake medical certificates on her home computer in a bid to back up her story.
Julie Blackwood trained hospital personnel on computer programs for patient medical information.
FORBES: Jesse Jackson Guilty, But Isn't Depression A Defense?
According to a posting on the Journal's Web site, editors at the world's top medical journal found by examining a computer diskette that relevant data about Vioxx's risk to the heart compared with an older pain drug, naproxen, were deleted two days before the paper was initially submitted to the Journal.
Jobs, of course, has been on medical leave since last month, when the Cupertino, California computer maker released a statement from Jobs announcing he will take a medical leave, his third since 2004, and handing day-to-day operations to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook.
This is being done by having an observer in an intensive care unit monitor and record on a computer the communication between patients and medical staff and relatives.
My friend Tim, for example, went to Stanford University, graduated with a degree in Biological Sciences, works in medical devices and is now being tutored in computer science on weeknights and weekends.
He was conducting research on nanosensors, which are primarily used for medical treatments or to build other nanoproducts, such as computer chips, she said.
In a darkened room at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Dr. Ferris Hall demonstrates how computer-aided detection works.
Plus a television, magazines (Real Simple, Men's Health) and bulletins detailing the center's medical programs, psychiatric services, acupuncture, substance abuse support and computer classes.
Improving computer systems, of course, would not eliminate all medical errors.
The doctors go online and get the patient's data (medical history, drug allergies, etc), which happens to be stored on the computer of a clinic on the other side of the world.
Many medical records are still kept on paper in cabinets, probably making them more secure than the computer screen.
These products are used in telecommunications networks, computer-controlled systems, security systems, emergency lighting, electric utilities and switchgear, medical equipment, rail signaling, renewable energy, and military and aviation equipment.
The computer produces in Stan the physiological response that the drug would have produced in a patient with that medical condition.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have partnered together on a successful trial for a brain-computer interface that allows a person to control a robotic arm using only their thoughts.
应用推荐