05
Dec
Robots and Avatars: New Helpers in the Home
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By Audrey Kinsella In addition to the hands-off, low-touch medical devices we saw in October at the recent Connected Health conference (see HCTR, 11/28/12, “New Tools Help Patients Self-Manage Health, Chronic Conditions”), other vendors demonstrated devices that were somewhat more, shall we say, in your face. Avatars and Robots There is a new breed of […]

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11
Aug
A Peek Into the Future? Telepresence Robots Serving Patients in the Home
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  VGo Communications Inc. is teaming with Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire to offer telepresence robots to patients. Four remotely-driven robots will be deployed, not to replace nurses, but to allow patients to access various professional caregivers in addition to – and in the presence of – their visiting nurse.

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