MOST MODERN ANESTHESIA monitors provide an open-source communication interface
to the monitored data. These interfaces are included in order to permit the hardwired …

Smartphones are increasingly powerful computers that fit in our pocket. Thanks to dedicated
applications or Apps, they can connect with external sensors to record, analyze, display …

The latter part of the twentieth century brought the world firmly into the information age.
Whereas improved mechanization and industrial technologic development previously drove …

The latter part of the twentieth century brought the world firmly into the information age.
Whereas improved mechanization and industrial technologic development previously drove …

Anesthesiologists work in a dynamic environment in which information critical to patient care
must be quickly and accurately exchanged. Surgical patients present with increasing level …

Recently, in our institute, we had a 65-year-old man scheduled to undergo laparoscopic
repair of bilateral inguinal hernia under general anesthesia who was minimally proficient in …

THERE HAS BEEN a dramatic increase in the use of handheld computing devices in
medicine over the past decade. In 2003, Fisher et al 1 noticed the increasing utility of …

In this issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Simpao et al. 1 address a frustration of many
anesthesiologists, tangled patient monitors. The authors were prompted to action by …

Technology Has Evolved for Reliable Use New health care customers entering the market
are showing increasing interest in using mobile technology for their health care needs, and …

Surgical procedures performed at the bedside in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia were documented using paper anesthesia records …