Technology

Young caregivers are comfortable with advanced technology, although it can’t replace human interactions with patients

There are plenty of employment opportunities available in healthcare IT, and not enough people to fill them

About seven in 10 nurses in a survey said they use personal smartphones while on the job, but hospital information technology departments typically are not willing to support their devices on the hospital’s network.

Over the past few years, physicians across Canada have been making the move from paper to electronic medical records (EMRs) at a fast pace. By mid-2012, more than half of primary-care doctors had adopted EMRs, according to an international survey released in November by The Commonwealth Fund. But are doctors tapping into the full potential of EMRs?