Healthcare IT Today October 14, 2019
Anne Zieger

For the most part, robots aren’t on the radar screen when providers look for remote healthcare options. However, at least one manufacturer with a long tradition of manufacturing practical consumer technology hopes to change this.

If you’re like me, you associate Black + Decker with its lines of power tools, lawn care and outdoor equipment and household appliances, and certainly, it’s still in those businesses. Recently, however, it’s launched a new type of tool aimed at addressing consumer health needs.

The company has just launched Pria, an automated medication management and home healthcare assistant device, the first Stanley Healthcare product designed for consumer users. (Stanley Healthcare already sells a range of products designed for senior living facilities and hospitals.)

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