Bolton moves to online pharmacy system
Actor Dave Spikey helps launch Bolton’s new robotic dispensing system. The Royal Bolton Hospital, part of the Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, has upgraded its electronic prescribing system to the Ascribe Web Pharmacy system, and invested in a new robotic dispensing system. To be delivered over three months, the system was launched by Phoenix Nights actor and Bolton […]
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Robosoft showcase robot to help elderly
Robosoft’s Robuter prototype French robotic specialist Robosoft has demonstrated a prototype service robot which can help elderly and handicapped people stay at home. The robot, launched at Microsoft’s Innovation Day in Brussels at the end of 2007, is a home-centric robot, which combines the internet and robotics technology to provide daily-life services to people staying […]
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Bill Gates backs Belgian huggable robot
Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft, has backed a firm specialising in the creation of robots to aid child care experiences in hospitals.
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Scottish hospital to use robots to move goods
Robots transporting hospital goods and equipment will be used for the first time in a new hospital being built at Larbert in Stirlingshire, under a £300m private finance initiative. The robots are being developed by a consortium involved in the new build and will run along separate corridors and use magnetic strips or infra red […]
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‘Nurse bots’ to be developed by 2010
The European Union is funding scientists to develop ‘nurse bots’, mechanised robots designed to perform basic tasks such as mopping up spillages, taking messages and guiding visitors to hospital beds. It is hoped that in the future teams of bots working together may be used to help ease pressure on hospitals and free staff to spend […]
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Metal medicine
E-Health Insider looks at the continuing work into robotics in healthcare being carried out by Imperial College, London.
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Cyber carers
Colin Jervis investigates whether robot medics will ever evolve to the same level as their flesh-and-blood counterparts, in his second article of the series.
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Hospitals trial online complaint resolution
An electronic dispute resolution system for patients, which allows parties to come to agreement online using electronic templates, is currently being trialled in hospitals in the UK. The MeDispute system will allows patients to file their views, comments and complaints online. Patients will be able to register, login and send across a complaint or comment […]
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Robot revolution
Colin Jervis, director of Kinetic Consulting, looks at how robots are being used on wards and in operating theatres in both the UK and Japan.
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Robot doctor has plans to link to NPfIT
St Mary’s NHS Trust, Paddington, is trialling the use of robot medics that will not only allow doctors to go on their rounds without leaving their chair but also may eventually connect to the National Programme for IT. The RP6 (Remote Presence) robots (right), dubbed ‘Sister Mary’ and ‘Dr Robbie’, are similar in design to […]
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