Technology

Alberta Health Services has begun to post wait times online for four Calgary hospital emergency departments. Updated every two minutes, the times reflect the estimated wait from assessment by a triage nurse to the moment a patient gets to see a physician at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre and Rockyview General Hospital.

Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ont., is bringing state-of-the-art robotic technology to its Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre. It is the first hospital in the country to install the Robotic Intravenous Automation System, or RIVA.