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08.07.08Palomar West : Hospital of the Future, Prototyped in Second LifeAs the Palomar Medical Center West facility heads towards its completion date of July 2011 on schedule, the San Diego Business Journal reports that its technological backbone will be state of the art. The facility, which already plans to break uncharted ground for a healthcare facility, is testing new technologies through the Palomar Pomerado Health district. Some of the technologies the 'hospital of the future' hopes to use include wireless patient monitoring and telepresence robots. As well, patients will, through the use of a large LCD screen, have more control over the goings-on in their hospital room. A patient will be ...
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