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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

They are often overwhelmed by physically and mentally daunting tasks, and the result is often an unpleasant experience for everyone involved. We have seen a number of examples, Canada experimenting with robot-comrades since the 2016 introduction of Ludwig , and some elderly care facilities in Ireland introducing Stevie to their residents.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

So how physically active the patient is, how much time they spend awake, how much they’re eating, how much care they need, that type of thing. Eric 10:03 So you’re worried that maybe if you’re doing telemedicine, you wouldn’t be able to accurately engage functional status. God, it must have been like 2015, 2016.

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