Robotic Telemetry Expands Patient Care Options for Small Hospitals Throughout California

Robotic Telemetry Expands Patient Care Options for Small Hospitals Throughout California

Jim Gude, an intensive care physician in Northern California, Ben Kanter of Pomerado Hospital in Escondido, Valerie Takes of Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol and Yulun Wang of InTouch Health discussed the trend with California Healthline.

In a California Healthline Special Report, doctors, nurses and robotic specialists discussed the value of robotic telemetry in intensive care settings.  About 20 hospitals in California use the new technology.

 The Special Report includes comments from:

The RP-7 robot system costs between $4,000 and $8,000 a month to lease, depending on quantity and duration of the contract. At Pomerado Hospital in Escondido, the robot is used to conduct teaching rounds as well as to interact with patients and families.

“The return on investment of the robot is not just measured in dollars,” said Pomerado’s Kanter.

“The patients and families uniformly love the device,” Kanter added. “It’s a much better way to communicate with the doctor when the doctor’s not in the hospital.  When the family shows up there at ten o’clock at night, they can actually see me face to face” (Kennedy, California Healthline, 9/25).

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