The robot--RP-6 from Santa Barbara, Calif.-based InTouch Health Inc.--already is used in a dozen hospitals in such areas as patient wards and emergency departments, according to the vendor. Tests at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to help physicians remotely conduct rounds showed half of patients preferred a remote visit from their own physician to a `real' visit from another physician. UCLA is the first hospital to test the robot in the ICU.
UCLA's testing is funded through the U.S. Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md. Additional information on the technology is available at www.intouchhealth.com.
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