PDA

View Full Version : SG News: First Wi-Fi pacemaker in U.S. gives patient freedom


news
08-11-09, 08:50 AM
New York (Reuters) - After relying on a pacemaker for 20 years, Carol Kasyjanski has become the first American recipient of a wireless pacemaker that allows her doctor to monitor her health from afar - over the Internet. When Kasyjanski heads to St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, for a routine check-up, about 90 percent of the work has already been done because her doctor logged into his computer and learned most of what he needed to know about his patient. Three weeks ago Kasyjanski, 61, became ...

More... (http://www.speedguide.net/read_news.php?id=2913)