Ken Congdon, Healthcare Technology Online
“As consumers in the age of infomercials, many of you have probably seen television spots for the Roomba — a robotic vacuum cleaner that automatically sweeps the floor without the aid of a human operator. Who would have thought that the next big market opportunity for iRobot Corporation (www.irobot.com) — the makers of the Roomba — would be in healthcare?
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Sanitario 2000
“El centro de investigación Tecnalia ha presentado en el Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe (Valencia) su nuevo dispositivo robótico para la rehabilitación de pacientes que han sufrido un ictus que está siendo evaluado por el Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia.
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Jeff Byers, Cardiovascular Business
“Licensing, costs for technology and reimbursement for robotic telemedicine (RTM) continue to impede progress, according to an article published in the January/February edition of Telemedicine and e-Health.
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Burke RV et al, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 47(1)
PURPOSE
During a disaster, hospitals may be overwhelmed and have an insufficient number of pediatric specialists available to care for injured children. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of remotely providing pediatric expertise via a robot to treat pediatric victims.
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Stephen C. Schimpff, KevinMD
“Robotics has the potential to revolutionize the delivery of healthcare. It can help extend the delivery of information, expertise and clinical care across time and geographical space barriers. Robotics offers the opportunity to enhance quality of care through extension of clinical expertise and leveraging of integrated datasets and best practices.
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Ken Terry, InformationWeek
“Hospitals are starting to use telemedicine robots to extend the reach of specialists who are not available onsite. These robots are particularly useful in time-sensitive situations, such as when patients suspected of having had strokes arrive at the emergency room.
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Mike Miliard, Healthcare IT News
“Earlier this year a series of articles in Slate by Farhad Manjoo raised some eyebrows – and perhaps quickened some heartbeats. It was titled “Will robots steal your job?” Frighteningly, for some medical professionals the answer was in the affirmative.
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Hiep Nguyen, Vector
“Robotic technology can take many forms. In the Department of Urology at Children’s Hospital Boston, we are evaluating a remotely controlled, videoconferencing robot on wheels to help transition our patients’ care to the home after surgery.
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aguitarte, Somos Medicina
“El Hospital de Parapléjicos de Toledo está probando un robot que ayuda a los pacientes con lesión medular incompleta a recuperar la fuerza muscular de las extremidades inferiores, lo que en definitiva les ayuda a volver a caminar.
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Todd Neale, MedPage Today
“For patients who are unable to walk following a stroke, robot-assisted gait training results in greater long-term gains in mobility than conventional therapy for those with the most severe deficits, researchers found.
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David Rodríguez Carenas, Diario Médico
“La tecnología surge para cubrir necesidades, y uno de los mayores retos en nuestros tiempos es el envejecimiento de la población. Por eso una de las líneas de investigación es el desarrollo de aplicaciones que ayuden a la tercera edad, con la robótica como uno de los campos con más futuro.
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NU.nl
“Toyota heeft dinsdag in Japan robotten gepresenteerd die ingezet kunnen worden in de gezondheidszorg.
De intelligente apparaten kunnen onder meer gehandicapte mensen uit hun ziekenhuisbed tillen en hen bij lopen ondersteunen.
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Toni Brayer, Better Health
“Both in the United States and around the globe there is a mismatch between needed medical care and the doctors who can provide it. Most physicians are located in urban areas where there are hospitals, teaching schools, lab and Xray and specialists to deal with most every medical condition. Rural areas in the United States lack these resources and patients either do without, or must travel far to be seen. In developing countries there may be no services at all for hundreds of miles. That is where telehealth can play a huge role in bringing medicine to the people.
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Laura Pérez Torres, Diario Médico
“Los robots están aquí para quedarse. Aunque de momento hay muy poca evidencia científica, esto va a cambiar próximamente, ya que la Unión Europea está realizando una fuerte inversión para la investigación robótica en Salud”. Esta es la opinión de Sarah Stowe, del Hospital Universitario de St. James, en el Reino Unido.
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Bill Crounse, Healthblog
“In the latest on-line edition of Hospital and Health Networks Daily there is an ironic juxtaposition of commentaries. In one of those commentaries, author and futurist David Ellis ponders the day, perhaps not all that many years away, when machines become smarter at making a correct medical diagnosis than doctors. He provides some great examples of expert systems already available that use artificial intelligence and machine learning to adeptly defeat humans in many disciplines.
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David Ellis, H&HN Daily
“In June I announced in my Twitter column (@hfdigest) the publication of my H&HN Daily column about Watson, the IBM computer that trounced two human champions in three successive rounds of the TV game show “Jeopardy.” There ensued some brief Twitter correspondence with a doctor who seemed bemused by my contention that a version of Watson optimized for health care (a “Dr.” Watson) would one day replace human doctors.
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Frank Irving, Healthcare IT News
“The architects of the HITECH Act are hoping that a lot of things are going to change within the next five years.
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Kent Bottles
“Within in five years primary care providers will begin being replaced by sociable humanoid robots, avatars, and computer programs. Within ten years you will no longer hear any complaints about medical students choosing specialty residencies over family practice because the role of the physician will be completely redefined to complement a rules based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases.
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Eric Wicklund, The Mobility Blog
“A recently announced cross-licensing deal between the iRobot Corp. and InTouch Health may give rise to the vision of mechanized nurses and janitors – imagine the Terminator showing up at your bedside – but the concept isn’t all that far-fetched.
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare
“A team at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles that conducted a first-of–a-kind study that compared the findings of an on-site neonatologist at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to off-site neonatologists using remote robotic telemedicine technology found that the technology is not only feasible and safe, but can also help neonatologists at a different location accurately evaluate a neonate patient.
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