Friday, May 24, 2013

Robots Come To The Hospital: The New Physician Extenders

Paging R2-D2 To the Hospital ICU by Scott Martin, USA TODAY.  May 23, 2013.

Read the article above and test your recall and comprehension with a few questions.

(1)  The latest hospital come from iRobot which makes the __________ vacuum cleaner.

(2)  Robots could address  ______________ and _______________ especially for remote hospitals.

(3)  In the hospital discussed in the article, how have robots improved stroke treatment and "door-to-needle" time.

(4)  What are the two reasons, cited by a doctor in the article, that make hospitals difficult places to innovate?

(5)  Aethon is a company that focuses on robotic _____________ in hospitals.  Aethon's CEO estimates there is a $_______ market for such robots.

(6)  GE sees opportunities in _________ and tracking of ____________.

(7)  The difficult task will be baking ______________________ together to create task-oriented workers.


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