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New Telehealth Robot Allows Virtual Meetings With Doctors, Patients

Military and consumer robot maker iRobot recently unveiled RP-VITA, a robot  that uses telehealth technology to connect remote physicians and other health  care providers with hospital patients, the Boston Globe reports (Adams, Boston Globe, 7/24).

The Bedford, Mass.-based company, which developed the Roomba vacuum cleaner,  last year invested in InTouch Health, which makes video-enabled,  remote-controlled hospital service robots (Donnelly, Boston Business Journal, 7/24).

RP-VITA Details

RP-VITA is a 140-pound telehealth robot that allows physicians to virtually  visit patients and take measurements in real time. It transmits video, audio and  navigation instructions.

In addition, the robot is equipped with:

  • 3-D mapping sensors;
  • Cameras;
  • Microphones,
  • A stethoscope; and
  • A video screen, which signifies the robot’s head (Boston Globe, 7/24).

RP-VITA can be integrated with an electronic health record system and can  connect to diagnostic devices (Boston Business Journal, 7/24).

Physicians, patients and hospital staff members can control RP-VITA using a  special terminal or an iPad. Unlike many older telehealth robots, RP-VITA can  navigate around the hospital on its own.

The robots are scheduled to become available to all hospitals later this year  and will cost between $4,000 and $6,000 per month to lease.

Response to RP-VITA

Jason Knight — a pediatric emergency care physician at the Children’s  Hospital of Orange County, one of two California hospitals testing RP-VITA —  said the telehealth robot allows him to “get data I never had over the  phone.”

Liz Boehm of ExperiaHealth, a patient experience consulting firm, said, “From  the patient perspective, the advantage is the rapidity. The faster you get a  diagnosis and treatment, the better your outcome” (Boston Globe, 7/24).

Source: iHealthBeat

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