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Recently, an idea was created to help meet the high demand of health- care needed. According to ASME, there are only a few doctors available to meet the growing health- care needs ( MacRae para 1). After knowing this, hospitals and health care systems started to invest in robotic systems. The systems can patrol the hallways, check on patients in different rooms, and manage individual charts (MacRae). In Touch Health is the first "autonomous navigation remote- presence robot" to receive FDA approval for hospital use.
The In Touch Health is a cart that has a two- way video screen (MacRae para.1). It also has medical monitoring equipment and it is programmed to move through the busy halls of a hospital. In like the idea of the In Touch Health iRobot but I do not think it should become a replacement. The picture above, is supposed to be a representation of what the iRobot looks like. It looks as if the machine would still need to be supervised by a human mainly a physician. This invention could help to meet the high demand of health care needed but the only way to find out is to try it. Hopefully, the system works efficiently without side effects. The medical field is starting to advance wit technology in creative ways. I cannot wait to see how this system will be used in our future.
I am also curious about what ways this new invention will effect physicians. It seems as if the nurses and doctors would first have to learn how to use the machine. Therefore, will physicians be required to take a class on how to use the machine? I am also curious about if patients will be able to decide if they want to be checked by a robot. This invention seems to have benefits but I think that more people should be more aware about the changes occurring in the medical field. This new innovation is extremely important because it can help you to think about questions that you may not would have thought about. From this example it appears as if the medical field if becoming very digital and medical students should be prepared for it but if you are a student pursuing the medical field do you prefer being digital? Since we are the future physicians it is important that we are informed about ways that our dream is changing.
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