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Masimo Patient SafetyNet Remote Monitoring System Installed at Rochester General Hospital

Masimo today announced that Rochester General Health System and its 528-bed flagship Rochester General Hospital have installed the Masimo Patient SafetyNet™ system, a remote monitoring and clinician notification system shown to dramatically reduce rapid response activations, transfers to intensive care units, and deaths related to opioid-induced respiratory depression.

16 Sep 2013

MassTLC Honors Corindus with 2013 Innovative Technology of the Year Award for Robotics

Corindus Vascular Robotics, a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, won the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council’s Award for the 2013 Innovative Technology of the Year - Robotics last night at the Council’s 16th annual Awards Gala.

16 Sep 2013

Lumalier to Highlight TRU-D SmartUVC Germ-Killing Robot at AHE Exchange 2013

Leadership from Lumalier, makers of TRU-D SmartUVC(TM), will discuss with hospital leaders from around the country the benefits of adding the company's 5-foot-five germ-killing robot to environmental services routines during the Association for Healthcare Environment's Exchange 2013 Healthcare Marketplace on Tuesday, Sept. 17 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

13 Sep 2013

Texas Children's Hospital Acquires da Vinci Si Surgical System for Robotic Surgery Program

Texas Children's Hospital is excited to announce the acquisition of the da Vinci Si Surgical System which will establish the hospital's first dedicated pediatric robotic surgery program. Dr. Chester Koh, an internationally recognized expert in minimally invasive surgery, will be leading the pediatric robotic surgery program at Texas Children's as he has been instrumental in developing cutting edge techniques with both the laparoscope and the da Vinci robot.

11 Sep 2013

Mercy Medical Center Achieves 63% Annual Savings Through Health Robotics' i.v.STATION

Health Robotics recently announced that Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids released to Health Robotics' User Group an ROI study revealing 63% annual savings [or $313,918] as a result of insourcing just 4 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for sterile compounding patient doses on the i.v.STATION Robot [at an insourced cost of $184,988), compared to Mercy Medical Center's prior equivalent annual expense with PharMedium Services of $498,886 for the equivalent doses of these 4 APIs.

11 Sep 2013

Masimo Patient SafetyNet System Installed by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center for Monitoring Patients

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, a 387-bed facility renowned for its use of pioneering technologies, and Masimo today announced that the hospital has installed Masimo Patient SafetyNet™ in patient rooms on orthopedic, general surgery, and neurology floors.

7 Sep 2013

Hospital Infection Control Experts Turn to Disinfection Robots such as TRU-DSmartUVC

An estimated 100,000 Americans die annually from health care-associated infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's more than the death toll from AIDS, breast cancer and car accidents combined. Despite this alarming statistic, many Americans still view hospitals as safe havens, but that could change as news of the rising number of hospital-acquired infections across the nation is uncovered.

6 Sep 2013

Haphazard Data Collection Leads to Underreporting of Robotic Surgery Complications

Despite widespread adoption by hospitals of surgical robot technology over the past decade, a “slapdash” system of reporting complications paints an unclear picture of its safety, according to Johns Hopkins researchers.

4 Sep 2013

Celebration Health Hospital Performs Deep Brain Stimulation Using Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System

On Monday, August 19, Nizam Razack, MD, JD performed the world’s first deep brain stimulation (DBS) using Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System at Celebration Health hospital. Dr. Razack performed the same procedure later on two more patients with positive results.

From Medtronic 3 Sep 2013

Mayo Clinic to Diagnose Football Concussions with Telemedicine Robot

There will be a new face at Northern Arizona University football games this fall – only this face will be on a robot on wheels.

31 Aug 2013

Medical Robotics News

Masimo Patient SafetyNet Remote Monitoring System Installed at Rochester General Hospital

MassTLC Honors Corindus with 2013 Innovative Technology of the Year Award for Robotics

Lumalier to Highlight TRU-D SmartUVC Germ-Killing Robot at AHE Exchange 2013

Texas Children's Hospital Acquires da Vinci Si Surgical System for Robotic Surgery Program

Mercy Medical Center Achieves 63% Annual Savings Through Health Robotics' i.v.STATION

Masimo Patient SafetyNet System Installed by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center for Monitoring Patients

Hospital Infection Control Experts Turn to Disinfection Robots such as TRU-DSmartUVC

Haphazard Data Collection Leads to Underreporting of Robotic Surgery Complications

Celebration Health Hospital Performs Deep Brain Stimulation Using Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System

Mayo Clinic to Diagnose Football Concussions with Telemedicine Robot

Machine Learning Improves Aerosol Prediction Accuracy

Proto-DS: Advanced AI for Food Testing and Quality Control

Machine Learning Predicts Flight Efficiency Accurately

Successful Demonstration of Remote Robotic Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

New AI Tool Connects Patients to Clinical Trials Faster

Robots and Renewable Energy: Hydropower Inspections

Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

Robots and Renewable Energy: Solar Plant Security

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