The new Pepin Heart Hospital & Research Institute is designed to be an advanced specialty, nearly paperless facility. This film-free and wireless environment will enable physicians and clinicians to access information immediately, simultaneously and from a multitude of work stations – inside or outside the hospital - allowing them to provide their patients with the highest quality and most informed care possible. The hospital will also feature the latest in heart care monitoring, diagnostic, and imaging technologies.

The digital hospital represents true, instantaneous convergence – which means doctors and nurses will be able to spend more time at the patient’s bedside. The digital storage of patient records will also enhance patient safety by preventing potential order complications due to miscommunication and errors in medical transcription. Eventually, doctors will even be able to use hand-held technology to instantly analyze a case and compare it to thousands of other similar cases from around the world.