Orlando Health using 'RoboDocs' to interact with patients Healthcare in Central Florida is getting high-tech with robots showing up at bedsides. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT UP AND DOWN THE HALLWAYS HEGOES, FROM ROOM TO ROOM TO CAREFOR ORLANDO HEALTH'S MOSTCRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS.THEY'RE ROBOTS, OR ROBODOCSWHICH CAN DELIVER CARE AS LONG, AS THERE IS A STRONG WIFICONNECTION.RIGHT NOW, ORLANDO HEALTH IS THEONLY HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN CENTRALFLORIDA THAT UTILIZES SUCHTECHNOLOGY.>> WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, I'M ATTHEIR BESIDE IN LESS THAN AMINUTE.>> SO, DO YOU WANT TO RESTARTTHE HEPARIN DRIP OR CONTINUE TOHOLD IT.NO YOU CAN RESTART IT.,>> THIS ROBOT IS NOT INTENDEDTO REPLACE CRITICAL CARE DOCTORSBUT BE A COMPLEMENT TO THE, EXISTING STAFF.>> WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TODESCRIBE SOMETHING OVER THEPHONE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS, TRANSLATE WELL AS DOES WHENYOU ACTUALLY SEE A PATIENT ATTHE BEDSIDE.>> IT'S KIND OF TEAM WORKAPPROACHTO HELP TACKLE THE SICKAND CRITICAL PATIENTS.>> THE PATIENTS AND THEIRFAMILIES CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEDOCTOR VIA A LIVE STREAM ON THROBOT'S COMPUTER SCREEN AND THECARE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN HOWTHE DOCTORS WOULD DO IT INPERSON.>> THE ROBOT HAS A BUILT-INSTETHOSCOPE AND IT.SO, IF THERE IS CONCERN FORABNORMAL HEART SOUNDS OR LUNGSOUNDS, I DRIVE THE ROBOT TO THEBEDSIDE AND I ASK THE NURSE PUT IT ON THEIR CHEST AND I CANACTUALLY HEAR WHAT GOING ON WITHTHEM.>> DR. FAROOQ NOT ONLY SEESPATIENTS HERE AT SOUTH SEMINOLEIN LONGWOOD, THERE'S ALSO HEALTHCENTRAL IN OCOEE.>> AND SOUTHLAKE HOSPITAL INLAKE COUNTY.THIS ALLOWS ME TO BE AT MORETHAN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME.>> NOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THENIGHT THEY GET TO HAVE FACE TIMEWITH THEIR DOCTOR.THINK ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS WHOCAN'T COME DURING THE DAY TIMEBECAUSE THEY'RE AT WORK AND THEY, WANT TO SPEAK TO THE DOCTOR ATNIGHTTIME, THEY DON'T FEEL LIKETHEY'RE NEVER INVOLVED IN THEIRCARE.THIS ACTUALLY BRINGS PATIENTCARE TO THEM.>> A GERM-ZAPPING ROBOT ISHELPING MAKE PATIENT ROOMSCLEANER AND SAFER AT SOUTHSEMINOLE HOSPITAL.THIS ROBOT, THE XENEX, USESBURSTS OF UV LIGHT TO DESTROYBACTERIA AND VIRUSES.TELEMEDICINE IS NOTHING NEW TOHOSPITALS BUT WHAT STARTED OUT, AT ORLANDO HEALTH AS ANEXPERIMENT FIVE YEARS AGO, WITH

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