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At Children’s Hospital in Boston, doctors are now in the midst of a pilot project in which patients take robots home with them after their stay, for help with post-operative consultations and care. Via Springwise


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"Much of the iPad’s use in medical settings so far has been in the form of pilots and trials, but it’s getting ready to take off in a much bigger way. The Veteran’s Administration in the U.S. is looking at rolling out as many as 100,000 tablets across 152 hospitals, says Wired, based on the success of the 1,500 trial iPads it currently has in use. Over 80 percent of U.S. hospitals have similar trials in place, according to recent comments made by Apple CEO Tim Cook, which means that many more could soon take the plunge, resulting in a huge uptick of orders from medical organizations for the generally...


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Panasonic robot HOSPI Rimo allows families who live far away from the hospital to virtually visit hospital patients. The HOSPI-Rimo basically functions as an intermediary that intends to ensure comfortable communication between people who have limited mobility with others. But also, it will help a doctor who is in a separate room in the hospital, communication can take place as though it was face-to-face. The HOSPI-Rimo also does more than a video call style application, as it can deliver medication automatically, so chances are we’ll be seeing this in hospitals far more than in homes...


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In July, Iron Mountain Inc, conducted a survey about how 200 healthcare facilities are scanning paper patient records and what are their plans for the future. Check out some of their findings in this pretty interesting infographic .


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Excellent article de mobihealthnews on "How camera phones can automate healthcare". The same company behind the technology that allows bank customers to deposit checks by camera phone i snow entering the healthcare business. Mitek Systems is offering its mobile imaging technology through an API so the developpers of smartphone applications can automate the complete paper based process. Take a picture of your docs and you're done! Read the complete article here


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The japanese population is aging and by 2015, the country will have 5.69 million people in need of nursing care. Lifting a patient from a bed to a wheelchair is very difficult so the researchers have manufactured a robot to help out. The RIBA II (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance) is a robot developed by the RIKEN research institute that can lift patients out of their wheelchairs, onto a bed, and back again. Check out a video of RIBA in action Do you think robots are the future of healthcare?


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