Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Robotic Check-Ups


Robotic Check-Ups
A pillar of health reform is improving access to the best health care for more people. Technology is a cost-effective and increasingly potent means to connect clinics in the vast and medically underserved rural regions of the United States with big city medical centers and their specialists. Telemedicine is well established as a tool for triage and assessment in emergencies, but new medical robots go one step further—they can now patrol hospital hallways on more routine rounds, checking on patients in different rooms and managing their individual charts and vital signs without direct human intervention. The RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot produced jointly by iRobot Corp. and InTouch Health is the first such autonomous navigation remote-presence robot to receive FDA clearance for hospital use. The device is a mobile cart with a two-way video screen and medical monitoring equipment, programmed to maneuver through the busy halls of a hospital.

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8 comments:

  1. Corina Marinescu23 October 2013 at 05:16

    I think we do...especially in the small towns and rural regions.

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  2. imre sy23 October 2013 at 05:38

    Corina Marinescu mai ales in ZONELE RURALE !!!
    Dispensarele comunale deservesc locuitori aflati deseori la peste 10 Km distanta...
    Intrebarea este  CIND ?

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  3. Corina Marinescu23 October 2013 at 05:52

    I agree with you Chee Sian Tee if we can convince Dr's to move and work in small towns and rural places...would be great.
    But have you seen any specialist from cities  like NYC, Boston etc ..moving in such areas? I live in NYC and for sure no physician or specialist would like to move to distant places...like some small town in Kentucky or Alaska.

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  4. Corina Marinescu23 October 2013 at 05:54

    imre sy Nu prea sunt la current cu ceea ce se intampla in Romania, dar cu siguranta ar fi mai ieftin daca doctorii si specialistii s-ar muta la sate si commune.

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  5. imre sy23 October 2013 at 10:08

    Corina Marinescu OBSERV CA NU ESTI LACURENT :)
    Mai ieftin pentru cine ? Sau crezi ca Dr .care au ramas in tara sunt mai fraieri ca cei din New York ?
    pe de alta parte dispensarele comunale sunt cu dotarea la  zero sau aproape :((
    Asta este motivul pentru care ar merge  telemedicina daca poate fi deservit un post rural de catre o asistenta calificata
    Esti cumva medic ? Crezi ca este practic si posibil din punct de vedere tehnic si medical ??

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  6. Corina Marinescu23 October 2013 at 10:32

    imre sy te-as ruga sa te referi strict la subiect si nu la cum sunt sau nu. 
    Da sunt medic si cu siguranta este posibil din punct de vedere medical si tehnic, dar aceasta tehnologie este destul de scumpa deci ar fi mai indicat sa se investeasca in medici / personal medical/specialisti/ dotarile minime etc..decat in astfel de device-uri.
     Adica degeaba ai un astfel de device daca tu nu dispui de cunostintele necesare si/sau nici nu ai tot ce-ti trebuie ca sa-l tratezi pe pacient.

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  7. imre sy24 October 2013 at 08:24

    Corina Marinescu scuze n-am vrut sajignesc :(
    -voi reveni mai pe seara ... subiectul mi se pare interesant .

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  8. imre sy24 October 2013 at 11:36

    Corina Marinescu  sistemul de sanatate la noi este subfinantat :(
    ori acest lucru tine de deciziile politicienilor care intocmesc bugetul.
    ca un exemplu am fost operat de hernie iar medicul chirurg sa ocupat si de partea de anestezie :((
    abia putem pastra medici actuali nu sa investim in alti :((
    -intrebam daca acest sistem ar fi mai economic decit un medic in fiecare sat ? :)

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