Exempla on cutting edge of medical technology

LAFAYETTE ? The new Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center is set to open Dec. 1. And from start to finish, a patient?s visit to the new 477,000-square-foot hospital in Lafayette will be surrounded by the future technologies of medical care.

When paramedics bring patients into the emergency department, an overhead screen tells them exactly which room is ready to use. Inside the room, a movable computer screen is ready to call up the patient?s electronic medical record ? letting the doctor immediately know any pertinent medical history, including allergies to medicines. In case of a widespread emergency, the department?s overhead screens…