Healthcare IT News March 5, 2021
Results suggest that individuals are open to robotic systems performing routine tasks such as checking vital signs and turning patients in bed.
A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that most participants believed that using a robotic system for facilitating healthcare tasks is acceptable.
Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital first conducted an online survey of around 1,000 people asking about the acceptability of robots in healthcare.
Next, they tested one of their robots – a doglike robot developed by Boston Dynamics – in the emergency department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital last spring.
“We’re actively working on robots that can help provide care to maximize...
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