Team A
HCS/483
December 2, 2014
John Honaker
Introduction
• Types of Health Care
Robots
• Uses of Health Care
Robots
• Anticipated Effects of this Technology
• Privacy Risks and
Security Safeguards
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Strategies for Effectiveness System Evaluation
Management’s Role in Technology Initiatives
Benefits of this New Technology
Educational and Training Needs
Types of Health Care Robots
• Surgery Robots
• Rehabilitation Robots
• IV Robots
• Hospital Robots
• Therapeutic Robots
• Microbots
• Communication Robots
Uses of Health Care Robots
Training
Comfort
Assistance
Physical Therapy
Surgery
Anticipated Effects of this
Technology
• Improving Healthcare
• Improving patient care
• Curtail Labor Costs
• Increased Precision
• Add Operational Efficiencies
• Create Better Clinical Outcomes
• Replace Humans in Potentially Unsafe Situations
Privacy Risks and Security
Safeguards
• Can the robots be hacked?
• Is the internal robotic system safe?
• How private is private?
• What security measures are being used to protect patient information?
Strategies for Effectiveness
System Evaluation
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Interviews Robotic Professionals
Establish Desired Functionalities
Establish Focus Groups
Develop an Evaluation Team
What may Influence Acceptance
Review Existing Health Care Robotics Technologies
Develop a Set of Requirements for a Health Care Robots
Measure performance
Cost analysis
Management’s Role in Technology
Initiatives
• What is the managers role?
• Who has the final decision? • Can the new technology eliminate the need for managers? • What will the future hold?
Benefits of this New Technology
Decrease Human Errors
Relieve Healthcare
Resources for Emergent
Cases
Monitor Patients’
Condition from their Home
Reduce Costs and Labor
Educational and Training Needs
• Education
Educational requirements vary by position and employer. Robotics techs generally have to have an associates in robotic technology while robotic
engineers
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