Doctors are transmitting electrocardiograms, or maps of heart activity, over their BlackBerries at the two hospitals in the District to help diagnose heart attack victims more effectively.
Within the next year, patients at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be able to use their own smartphones to help speed up their diagnoses, said Dr. Divya Shroff, the center’s associate chief of staff for informatics.
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