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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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IBM is currently working on new solutions based on their supercomputer Watson to help doctors with faster and more accurate diagnoses. According to IBM: "While healthcare organizations are amassing vast amounts of data, multiple versions of the truth producing errors in hospital, patient care and payment processes. Physicians have been on information overload for decades, contributing to the estimated 15% of diagnoses that are inaccurate or incomplete (Harvard Business Review, April, 2010). We don't understand why medicine works for one patient but not another. And growing shortages of nurses...


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