/ en Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:26:21 -0500 Tue, 04 Mar 25 06:15:00 -0600 /aha-center-health-innovation-market-scan/2025-03-04-3-ways-robotic-surgery-changing-health-care-year <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/3-Ways-Robotic-Surgery-Is-Changing-Health-Care-This-Year.png" data-entity-uuid="a55e5600-d8cb-4c22-abdf-91b71ab988b9" data-entity-type="file" alt="3 Ways Robotic Surgery Is Changing Health Care This Year. Robot arms in a surgery room." width="1200" height="751"></p><p>About four months ago, the University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital expanded their <a href="https://www.tgh.org/news/tgh-press-releases/2024/november/tampa-general-usf-health-bring-world-most-precise-robotic-surgical-technology-florida" target=" title=" tampa general and usf health to bring most precise robotic surgical technology>partnership</a> with Medical Microinstruments Inc. (MMI) to bring the company’s Symani Surgical System to the academic medical center.</p><p>MMI states that the robotic surgical device pushes the limits of soft-tissue open surgery, giving surgeons greater precision and control. It also gives surgeons the chance to restore the quality of life for more patients, including those with cancer-related lymphedema (swelling of body tissues due to lymph fluid buildup) who need microvascular and lymphatic repair.</p><p>Cleveland Clinic, New York University, the University of Pennsylvania and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles also are using the system.</p><h2>The Expanding Reach of Surgical Robotics</h2><p>Specialized uses like this illustrate the ever-expanding applications of robotic surgery platforms as health care providers continue to leverage the technology to reduce surgical complications, improve safety, shorten recovery times for patients, reduce length of stay and more.</p><p>At the same time, robotic surgery platforms like Intuitive Surgical’s pioneering da Vinci system and its latest offering, da Vinci 5, competing systems from Stryker, Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson are broadening their capabilities in operating rooms.</p><p>Since gaining the first FDA clearance nearly 25 years ago, da Vinci robots now are routinely used in many laparoscopic soft-tissue procedures, including cardiac, urologic, gynecologic and general surgeries. The company reports that about 2.63 million surgical procedures were performed in the U.S. last year using da Vinci systems — a 17% increase from 2023.</p><p>Artificial intelligence (AI) also is being integrated into robotic surgery devices to automate surgical tasks like suturing or tissue dissection. These systems aim to improve consistency and reduce surgeon workload, notes an August 2024 <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11374272/#:~:text=Current%20AI%2Ddriven%20robotic%20surgical%20systems%20incorporate%20various%20functionalities%2C%20including%20image%20recognition%20and%20segmentation%3A%20AI%20algorithms%20can%20analyze%20surgical%20field%20images%20in%20real%2Dtime%20to%20identify%20critical%20structures%2C%20blood%20vessels%2C%20and%20tumors%2C%20aiding%20surgeons%20in%20decision%2Dmaking11%2C12." target="_blank" title="NIH National Library of Medicine: Artificial intelligence: revolutionizing robotic surgery: review">NIH report</a>.</p><h2>3 Ways The Robotic Surgery Market Will Change This Year</h2><h3><span>1</span> <span>|</span> Competition will heat up.</h3><p>After long enjoying an overwhelming market share, Intuitive is facing more competitors this year. Not only is the competition coming from well-established medtech companies like Stryker, Medtronic and J&J, but also from new market entrants with specialty applications and modular concepts with smaller devices that are easier to move around.</p><p>In October, CMR Surgical received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing approval for its <a href="https://us.cmrsurgical.com/news/cmr-receives-fda-marketing-authorization-for-versius" target="_blank" title="CMR Surgical: CMR Surgical receives U.S. FDA Marketing Authorization for next-generation Versius Surgical System">Versius Surgical System</a> to be used in gall bladder removal cases in adults.</p><p>Other surgical robotics companies to receive FDA authorization over the past year include <a href="https://www.distalmotion.com/" target="_blank" title="Distalmotion homepage">Distalmotion</a>, <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240408359797/en/MMI-Receives-FDA-Authorization-to-Commercialize-Symani%C2%AE-Surgical-System-in-the-U.S" target="_blank" title="Business Wire: MMI Receives FDA Authorization to Commercialize Symani® Surgical System in the U.S.">Medical Microinstruments</a>, <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/moon-surgical-receives-second-fda-clearance-covering-its-commercial-maestro-robotic-surgery-system-302164186.html" target="_blank" title="PR Newswire: Moon Surgical receives second FDA clearance, covering its commercial Maestro™ Robotic Surgery System">Moon Surgical</a>, <a href="https://ir.procept-biorobotics.com/news-releases/news-release-details/procept-biorobotics-announces-fda-clearance-hydrostm-robotic" target="_blank" title="PROCEPT BioRobotics: PROCEPT BioRobotics Announces FDA Clearance of the HYDROS™ Robotic System, the Next-Generation, AI-Powered Platform for Aquablation® Therapy">Procept BioRobotics</a> and <a href="https://virtualincision.com/virtual-incision-receives-fda-authorization-for-the-mira-surgical-system-as-the-first-miniaturized-robotic-assisted-surgery-device/" target="_blank" title="Virtual Incision: irtual Incision Receives FDA Authorization for the MIRA Surgical System as the First Miniaturized Robotic-Assisted Surgery Device">Virtual Incision</a>.</p><h3><span>2</span> <span>|</span> Look for expanded use of surgical robots in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs).</h3><p>There has been a rush to install orthopedic robots in ASCs, and that trend will continue this year as large-joint replacement continues to grow, Morningstar analyst Debbie Wang recently told MedTech Dive. Stryker and Zimmer Biomet are adding shoulder features to their surgical robots, the report notes. Spine surgery also has the potential to benefit from an expanding focus on robotics, according to Wang.</p><p>Jeffrey Brand, executive director at global architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman, recently told ASC News that his firm established a 16-surgical-suite ambulatory center focused on robotic surgery for cancer patients. And Saum Sutaria, M.D., CEO of Tenet Health, said on a recent earnings call that he sees significant room for expansion of services that can be offered in the ambulatory surgery setting and that robotics will be part of that shift.</p><h3><span>3</span> <span>|</span> AI will continue to play a larger role in surgical robots.</h3><p>Stryker's Mako Shoulder robotic surgical assistant for shoulder replacement and Mako Spine for spine-replacement surgeries use an AI technology called Blueprint that helps surgeons better understand shoulder deformities and their patients’ pathology to predict potential challenges and evaluate different implant options.</p><p>Intuitive Surgical has an AI tool for the da Vinci 5 called Case Insights that can analyze surgical procedures and provide surgeons with post-surgical feedback on the part of the procedure that takes the longest and the areas where the movements aren’t as smooth or fluid.</p><p>In the future, the company wants to provide surgeons with feedback in real time, Brian Miller, executive vice president and chief digital officer at the company, recently told Modern Healthcare.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/center" title="Visit the AHA Center for Health Innovation landing page."><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/logo-aha-innovation-center-color-sm.jpg" data-entity-uuid="7ade6b12-de98-4d0b-965f-a7c99d9463c5" alt="AHA Center for Health Innovation logo" width="721" height="130" data-entity- type="file" class="align-center"></a></p><p><a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019-04/Market_Scan_Call_Out_360x300.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type alt width="360" height="300"></a></p></div></div></div>.field_featured_image { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } .featured-image{ position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } h2 { color: #9d2235; } Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:15:00 -0600 Robots and Robotics /member-knowledge-exchange/2023-12-11-/developing-effective-workplace-violence-prevention-strategies <div> </div>header.jumbotron {display:none} <div> /* center_body */ .center_body { /*margin-top:50px;*/ /* margin-bottom: 50px;*/ } .center_body h3 {} .center_body p { font-size: 16px } p.center_Intro { color: #002855; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 30px; margin: 10px 0 25px 0; font-weight: 700; font-size: 2em; } @media (max-width:768px) { p.center_Intro { line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 23px; font-size: 1.45em; } } .center_body .center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; } /* center_body // */ /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar */ .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 25px auto; } .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: absolute; bottom: 40px; color: #003087; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8); width: 100%; padding: 20px 40px; font-size: 3em; box-shadow: 0 3px 8px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); } @media (max-width:991px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 2.5em; } } @media (max-width:767px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { font-size: 2em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; } } @media (max-width:530px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: relative; background-color: #63666A22; } } /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar // */ <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/DPR_WPViolencePrevention_banner_1170x250.png" alt="Banner Image" width="1170" height="250"><div><h1>Developing Effective Workplace Violence-Prevention Strategies</h1></div></header>/* CntMenuSub */ .CntMenuSub{ margin:20px 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #afb1b1; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar{ border-bottom: 1px solid lightblue; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:after{ content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #555; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:last-child:after{ content: ""; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent{ text-transform: uppercase; color: #555; opacity: .9; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent{ } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubChild{ } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubCurrent{ opacity: .7; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome:hover, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent:hover{ text-transform: uppercase; color: #d50032; } /* CntMenuSub // */ <div class="container CntMenuSub"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10 row CntMenuBar"><a class="CntMenuSubHome" href="/education-events/aha-virtual-executive-dialogues">AHA Knowledge Exchange</a> <span class="CntMenuSubChild" id="CntMenuSubChild">Developing Effective Workplace Violence-Prevention Strategies</span></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-sm-3"><div><a href="#DownloadFile" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/DPR_WPViolencePrevention_cover_910x1220.jpg" alt="AHA Knowledge Exchange | Developing Effective Workplace Violence-Prevention Strategies: Building a safer, healing-centered environment" width="100%" height="100%"></a></div></div><div class="col-sm-9 center_body">.sponsortype { color: #9d2235; font-size: 1.5em; margin: 0px; font-weight: 700; } <p class="sponsortype">AHA Knowledge Exchange</p> xxxxxx </p> --> Intro.............. </p> --><h2>Building a safer, healing-centered environment</h2><p>Threats against health care workers are on the rise. The federal government reports that health care workers are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than employees in all other industries. Hospitals are working to protect their staff and patients by identifying security risks with artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled monitoring and reporting systems, modifying facilities and expanding use of security technologies, adding barrier protection and exit routes, calling in de-escalation teams, and training staff in violence prevention. This executive dialogue explores how hospitals are using technology and training to mitigate risk, redesigning facilities and workflow processes to prioritize safety and re-envisioning relationships with hospital security and others to support prevention and crisis response.</p><div class="row">@media (min-width:768px){ .EDsponsorFloat{ float:right; } } @media (max-width:767px){ .EDLinkFloat{ position:relative; left:27%; } .EDsponsorFloat { text-align:center } } <div class="col-sm-6"><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary EDLinkFloat" href="#DownloadFile" title="AHA Knowledge Exchange | Developing Effective Workplace Violence-Prevention Strategies: Building a safer, healing-centered environment" data-view-context="top-level-view">Download the Report</a></div><div class="col-sm-6"><div class="EDsponsorFloat"><strong>Sponsored by: </strong><a href="https://www.dpr.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/DPR_WPViolencePrevention_transparentlogo_834x313.png" alt="DPR Logo" width="100%" height="100%"></a></div></div></div></div></div>.sp_CTA5_holder { margin-top:0px; border-bottom: solid 1px #555; padding-bottom: 50px; } .sp_CTA5_holder_last { border-bottom: solid 0px #555; } .sp_CTA5_holder >div{ overflow: auto; } .sp_CTA5_holder ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 0px; /*width: calc(100% - 15%);*/ /*margin: 50px auto 0;*/ margin:auto 50px; } .sp_CTA5_holder ul li{ margin-bottom:7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:16px; } .sp_CTA5_holder ul li::before { content: " "; font-size: 1em; margin-right: 10px; display: inline-block; height: 12px; background-color: #9d2235; width: 12px; position: relative; top: 0px; -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg); -moz-transform: rotate(45deg); -o-transform: rotate(45deg); } .sp_CTA5_holder ul li{ padding-left:23px; text-indent:-23px; } .body ol>li, .body ul>li{ font-size:16px: } .sp_CTA5_holder h2 { color: #002855; /*! line-height: 2em; */ font-size: 2.15em; margin: 0 0 15px 0; /*! font-size: 30px; */ } .sp_CTA5_holder h3 { /*color: #002855;*/ line-height: 1em; /*font-size: 1.5em;*/ margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top:5px; font-size: 28px; } .sp_CTA5_section{ margin-top: 25px } .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow { /*background-color:green;*/ /* just a visual */ text-align: center } .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow { padding-bottom:75px; /* must match the padding on the img*/ margin: 0px; } .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow img{ width: calc(100% - 35px - 15px); -webkit-box-shadow: 50px -75px 0px 0px rgba(185, 217, 235, 1); -moz-box-shadow: 50px -75px 0px 0px rgba(185, 217, 235, 1); box-shadow: 50px -75px 0px 0px rgba(185, 217, 235, 1); position: relative; top: 75px; max-width: 490px; } @media (max-width:990px){ .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow img{ max-width: 350px;} } @media (max-width:990px){ .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow { padding-bottom:75px; /* must match the padding on the img*/ margin: 0px; margin-right: 40px } } <div class="row spacer sp_CTA5_holder sp_CTA5_holder_last"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Key elements of comprehensive workplace violence prevention and intervention</h3><div class="sp_CTA5_section"><ul><li><strong>Develop a comprehensive workplace violence-prevention program </strong>that educates team members to recognize potential situations, de-escalate and manage those behaviors, when to involve security and various reporting methods.</li><li><strong>Equip staff with annual, nonviolent crisis-intervention training based on job code.</strong> Staff in the emergency department (ED), behavioral health, security, and house supervision, should receive the highest level of training.</li><li>From a design aspect, <strong>new facilities and any renovations should go through a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design study. </strong>Create a scoring scale to determine what level of security is needed.</li><li>In areas with significant violence-risk factors like EDs,<strong> evaluate and employ weapons detection systems and equip staff badges with a real-time locating system</strong> to summon help and the precise location of the emergency.</li><li>Depending on the location and violence threat,<strong> train security staff with tasers, firearms or gel pepper spray.</strong></li><li><strong>Assess the vulnerability of off-site locations.</strong> Distribute wearable panic buttons to staff in off-site locations with the alarm going directly to 911 and consider boosting security rounding.</li><li><strong>Look at autonomous security robots </strong>for larger health care locations that don’t have security personnel. These automated guards perform security tasks, combining self-driving technologies, robotics and AI.</li><li><strong>Address the community behavioral health needs with other partners </strong>through outpatient, virtual or other methods of intervention, rather than admitting patients into an inpatient unit with limited capacity.</li><li><strong>Use dogs to provide strength, comfort and emotional support </strong>to individuals, families, communities and first responders who experience intense traumatic emotions in the aftermath of critical incidents.</li></ul></div></div></div><h2>Participants</h2>/* people */ .people { margin-top: 50px; } .people img:nth-child(1) { border-radius: 200px; -moz-border-radius: 200px; -webkit-border-radius: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width:200px; /* for Transformation Talks */ display:block; /* for Transformation Talks */ margin:auto; /* for Transformation Talks */ } .people img:nth-child(1):hover { opacity: .7 } @media (max-width:991px) { .people { margin: auto; } .people p { text-align: center } } .ci_profile { margin-bottom: 30px; display: block; text-align:center /* this is for the "Executive Dialogue" page */ } @media (max-width:991px) { .ci_profile { text-align: center } } .ci_profile p { margin: 0 0 7px 0 } .ci_profile_name { font-weight: 700; font-size: 20px; } p.ci_profile_name { font-size: 1.5em; line-height:1.2em; margin-top:10px } .ci_profile_title { font-style: italic; line-height: 1.3em } .ci_profile_company { font-size: 1em; } p.ci_profile_award { font-size: .8em; text-align:center; color:#55555599; font-weight: 700 } .ci_profile_social { width: auto; } .ci_profile_social i { padding-right: 25px; font-size: 20px } .ci_profile_social a:last-of-type i { padding-right: 0px; } #ci_footer-social { font-size: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; width: 100%; text-align: right; } @media (max-width:991px) { .ci_logo { margin-top: 25px } .ci_social p { text-align: center !important; } #ci_footer-social { text-align: center } } @media (min-width:769px){ .people .rowEqual_768 { display: -webkit-box; display: -webkit-flex; display: -ms-flexbox; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; } .people .rowEqual_768>[class*='col-'] { -ms-flex: 3; /* IE 10 */ flex: inherit; /*flex*/ width: calc((100% / 3) - 2px) /*Adjust % for the number per row, will override the bootstrap - Also needed for Safari*/; } } @media (max-width:767px) and (min-width:361px){ .people .rowEqual_768 { display: -webkit-box; display: -webkit-flex; display: -ms-flexbox; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; } .people .rowEqual_768>[class*='col-'] { -ms-flex: 1; /* IE 10 */ flex: auto; width: calc((100% / 2) - 2px) /*Adjust % for the number per row, will override the bootstrap - Also needed for Safari*/; } } p.ci_profile_name { font-size: 1.5em; line-height:1.2em; margin-top:10px } .people .ci_profile_combined{ font-size:14px; line-height: 18px; } .people .ci_profile_combined span{ font-style: italic; } .people .ci_profile_combined:before{ content:""; border-bottom: solid 1px #55555522; display: block; clear: both; width: 85%; margin: 5PX auto 10px; } <div class="people"><div class="row rowEqual_768"><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Carrico_Tom_300x300_0.jpg" alt="Tom Carrico" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Tom Carrico</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Vice President and Chief Operating Officer</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Baptist Health Hardin</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Carter_Ben_300x300%20%281%29.jpg" alt="Benjamin Carter" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Benjamin Carter, CPA, FHFMA</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Trinity Health</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Chieda_Katie_300x300.jpg" alt="Katie Chieda" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Katie Chieda, R.N., BSN, MSN/MBA, CENP</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Chief Nursing Officer</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Fisher-Titus Health</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Dry_Cythia_300x300.jpg" alt="Cynthia Dry" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Cynthia Dry, R.N., MSN</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Chief Clinical Officer</p><p class="ci_profile_company">ScionHealth, Hospital Division</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Farhat_Jay_300x300.jpg" alt="Jay Farhat" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Jay Farhat</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Executive Director, Protective Services</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Baptist Health</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Faulkner_Rachel_300x300.jpg" alt="Rachel Faulkner" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Rachel Faulkner, R.N., MBA, CPHQ, LSSGB</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Chief Quality Officer</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Cameron Memorial Community Hospital</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Garcia_Oscar_300x300.jpg" alt="Oscar Garcia" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Oscar Garcia, MS</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Security Director</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Methodist Hospital</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Goganzer_Larisa_300x300.jpg" alt="Larisa Goganzer" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Larisa Goganzer, R.N., MSN, FACHE</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Senior Vice President and Chief Hospital Executive</p><p class="ci_profile_company">AtlantiCare</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Griffin_Mathew_300x300.jpg" alt="Matthew Griffin" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Matthew Griffin, M.D., MBA, FACEP</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Chief Medical Officer/Hospital Administrator</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Trinity Health Livonia Hospital</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Johnson_Kelly_300x300.jpg" alt="Kelly Johnson" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Kelly Johnson, PhD, R.N., NEA-BC</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Children’s Hospital Los Angeles</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --><p> </p></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Losing_Crystal_300x300.jpg" alt="Crystal Losing" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Crystal Losing, R.N.</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Chief Nursing Officer</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Logan Health–Cut Bank</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Pickering_Chuck_300x300.jpg" alt="Chuck Pickering" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Chuck Pickering, MBA, MPH</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Vice President of Facilities and Support Services</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Children’s Hospital Los Angeles</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Sheehan_Deb_300x300%20%282%29.jpg" alt="Deb Sheehan" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Deb Sheehan, ACHE, DBIA</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Healthcare Market Strategy Leader</p><p class="ci_profile_company">DPR Construction</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/Zell_Eric_300x300.jpg" alt="Eric Zell" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Eric Zell</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Construction Project Manager</p><p class="ci_profile_company">Cincinnati Children’s Hospital</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div><div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"><img src="/sites/default/files/2022-09/Hoppszallern_Suzanna_300x300%20%282%29.jpg" alt="Suzanna Hoppszallern" width="300" height="300"><p class="ci_profile_name">Moderator:<br>Suzanna Hoppszallern</p><p class="ci_profile_title">Senior Editor</p><p class="ci_profile_company">���������� Association</p> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> --></div> <img alt="xxxxx" src="/sites/default/files/2021-11/profile_placeholder_300x300.jpg"> <p class="ci_profile_name"> profile_name </p> <p class="ci_profile_title"> profile_title </p> <p class="ci_profile_company"> profile_company </p> <p class="ci_profile_combined"> profile_combined </p> <p class="ci_profile_award"> profile_award </p> <div class="ci_profile_social"> profile_social </div> </div> --></div></div> Moderator </h2> <div class="people"> <div class="row rowEqual_768"> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 ci_profile"> <img alt="Suzanna Hoppszallern" src="/sites/default/files/2022-08/Hoppszallern_Suzanna_300x300.jpg"> <p class="ci_profile_name"> Suzanna Hoppszallern </p> <p class="ci_profile_title"> Senior Editor </p> <p class="ci_profile_company"> ���������� Association </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="raw-html-embed"> .SponsorMarketoForm { background-color: ; padding:5px 25px; border: solid 2px #307FE2; margin:50px 15px 0px !important; display:inline-block; width: -webkit-fill-available; margin-bottom:25px; } .SponsorMarketoForm h3{ margin:10x 0 0 0 ; color:#eaaa00; font-size:.7em; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:3px; max-width:200px; /* Custom for the copy length */ background-color:#fff; padding: 5px 15px; position:relative; top:-35px; height: 0px; } .SponsorMarketoForm h2{ color: #002855; } .SponsorMarketoForm .SponsorMarketoFormHolder{ background-color: ; /*padding:15px;*/ display: inline-block; margin-bottom:25px; } .SponsorMarketoFormHolder form{ margin: auto; } @media (max-width:640px){ .SponsorMarketoForm { padding:5px 0px; } .SponsorMarketoForm .SponsorMarketoFormHolder{ padding:15px 0px; } } /* Marketo Over-ride */ .mktoForm .mktoFormRow:nth-child(3){ float: left; } /*Center the last row .mktoForm .mktoFormRow:nth-child(4){ margin-left:15%; } */ .mktoForm label{ font-size: 0px; width: 0px !important; } .mktoForm input{ height: 30px } .mktoForm .mktoButtonRow{ float: left; } .mktoForm .mktoButtonWrap { margin-left:20px !important; } .mktoForm .mktoButton { background-color: #307FE2 !important; border: 1px solid #307FE2 !important; color: #fff !important; padding: 0.4em 1em; font-size: 1em; background-image: none !important; min-width: 190px; margin: 0 15px; border-radius: 4px; padding: 10px 20px; transition: all .25s ease-in-out; text-shadow: none; white-space: normal; height: 30px; font-weight: 700 } .mktoForm .mktoButton:hover{ background-color: #002855 !important; border: 1px solid #002855 !important; color: #fff !important; } .mktoForm .mktoClear { clear: none; } <div class="row spacer" id="DownloadFile"> <div> <div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1"> <div class="cta--image-container full_width SponsorMarketoForm"> AHA Health Care Workforce Scan </h3> --> <div class="col-sm-12"> <h2> Download the AHA Knowledge Exchange </h2> <p> Developing Effective Workplace Violence-Prevention Strategies: Building a safer, healing-centered environment </p> <div class="SponsorMarketoFormHolder">   MktoForms2.loadForm("//sponsors.aha.org", "710-ZLL-651", 3957); MktoForms2.whenReady(function(form) { if (form.getId() == 3957) { form.onSuccess(function(values, followUpUrl) { form.getFormElem().hide(); document.getElementById("successAndErrorMessages").innerHTML=` <div> <p> Thank you.<\/p><br /> <p> <a class='btn btn-wide btn-primary' data-view-context='top-level-view' href='https:\/\/www.aha.org\/system\/files\/media\/file\/2023\/12\/DPR_WPViolencePrevention_ExecDia_Dec2023.pdf' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer nofollow'>Download Now<\/a><\/center><\/div>`;return false; }); }; }); <div id="successAndErrorMessages">   </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><p>@media (min-width:768px){ .rowEqual_768 { display: -webkit-box; display: -webkit-flex; display: -ms-flexbox; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; } .rowEqual_768>[class*='col-'] { -ms-flex: 1; /* IE 10 */ flex: auto; width: calc(33.3% - 2px) /*Safari Fix*/; } } .center_callout_3invert { background-color: #f6f6f6; text-align: center; /*margin-bottom:25px;*/ margin-top:30px; } .center_callout_3invert h4 { color: #002855; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 30px; margin: 10px 0 30px 0; } .center_callout_3invert h3 { margin: 25px 0 0 0; color: #555; font-size: .7em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 3px; } .center_callout_3invert p{ font-size:16px; } </p><div class="row center_callout_3invert"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><h2>AHA Knowledge Exchange</h2><p>Gain insights from the C-suite and health care leaders on the most pressing issues and transformational strategies.</p><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/education-events/aha-virtual-executive-dialogues" data-view-context="top-level-view">Explore the Series</a> /* y-hr3 */ .y-hr3{ clear: both; } .y-hr3 div:nth-child(2) { border-top: solid 2px lightgrey; margin: 50px 0px; height: 0px } /* y-hr3 // */ </p><div class="row y-hr3"><div class="col-md-3"> </div><div class="col-md-6"> </div><div class="col-md-3"> </div></div></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div><div class="row"><h2>Latest Knowledge Exchange</h2><div class="feedEmbedImg">.feedEmbedImg .views-element-container { background-color: #f6f6f6;; padding: 20px } .feedEmbedImg .views-element-container h2{ margin-top:0px; color: } .feedEmbedImg .views-element-container .views-field.views-field-created{ color: } .feedEmbedImg .views-element-container .views-field.views-field-title a{ font-size: 20px; color:#002855 } .feedEmbedImg .views-element-container .views-field.views-field-body{ font-size: 16px; color:; } .feedEmbedImg .views-element-container .article.views-row { display: inline-block; transition: 1s; } .feedEmbedImg .views-element-container img{ float: left; margin-right:15px; max-width: 200px ; transition: 2s; } .feedEmbedImg .resource-block .resource-view .views-row:hover{ transform: scale(1.02); } .feedEmbedImg .resource-block .resource-view .views-row:hover img{ opacity: .6; transition: 1.5s; } .feedEmbedImg .resource-block .resource-view .views-row:hover a{ color:#307fe2; } .feedEmbedImg .feedEmbedImg .views-element-container .more-link{ font-size: 1.3em; text-align: right; } .feedEmbedImg .more-link{ text-align: right } @media (max-width:550px){ .feedEmbedImg .views-element-container img { float:unset; display: block; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100% } .feedEmbedImg .views-field.views-field-created{ clear: both; margin-top:10px; } }  <div class="views-element-container"> <section class="top-level-view js-view-dom-id-084f94faadb024653535b96e34d542f5a88fc77520bc4c5b7b11b17f61e39d3c resource-block"> <div class="resource-wrapper"> <div class="resource-view"> <div class="article views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-page-title-background"> <div class="field-content sed-thumb"> <a href="/member-knowledge-exchange/2024-12-11/resilient-health-system-operating-model" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/small_200x200/public/2024-12/VED_Accenture_Governance_620x381.jpg?itok=viVBuq-l" width="200" height="123" alt="VED_Accenture_Governance_620x381-image" /> </a> </div> </div><div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-12-10T16:11:13-06:00">Dec 10, 2024</time> </span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/member-knowledge-exchange/2024-12-11/resilient-health-system-operating-model" hreflang="en">The Resilient Health System Operating Model</a></span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Health system leaders are building a robust governance and resilient operating model to transform health care delivery models for the future.</div> </div></div> <div class="article views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-page-title-background"> <div class="field-content sed-thumb"> <a href="/member-knowledge-exchange/2024-12-06/optimize-your-hospitals-revenue-cycle-efficient-patient-centered-operations" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/small_200x200/public/2024-12/KnowEx_RI_RevenueCycle_620x381_rev1.jpg?itok=42C41VMq" width="200" height="123" alt="KnowEx_RI_RevenueCycle_620x381_rev1" /> </a> </div> </div><div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-12-05T14:26:53-06:00">Dec 5, 2024</time> </span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/member-knowledge-exchange/2024-12-06/optimize-your-hospitals-revenue-cycle-efficient-patient-centered-operations" hreflang="en">Optimize Your Hospital’s Revenue Cycle for Efficient, Patient-Centered Operations</a></span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Optimizing hospital’s revenue cycle for efficient, patient-centered operations and enhancing critical KPIs using AI and robotic process automation.</div> </div></div> <div class="article views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-page-title-background"> <div class="field-content sed-thumb"> <a href="/2024-11-14/empowering-patient-engagement-and-behavior-change-improve-health-and-reduce-disparities" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/small_200x200/public/2024-11/VED_PatientPoint_Engagement_620x381.jpg?itok=dHKIfRK6" width="200" height="123" alt="PatientPoint_Engagement_620x381" /> </a> </div> </div><div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-11-13T15:51:45-06:00">Nov 13, 2024</time> </span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/2024-11-14/empowering-patient-engagement-and-behavior-change-improve-health-and-reduce-disparities" hreflang="en">Empowering Patient Engagement and Behavior Change to Improve Health and Reduce Disparities</a></span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Empowering patient engagement and leveraging customized communication and education via digital technologies to improve health and reduce disparities.</div> </div></div> <div class="article views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-page-title-background"> <div class="field-content sed-thumb"> <a href="/2024-10-30/aligning-payers-and-partners-value-based-care" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/small_200x200/public/2024-10/KnowEx_CorroHealthh_Medicaid_620x381.jpg?itok=HS9Y48c8" width="200" height="123" alt="KnowEx_CorroHealth_Medicaid" /> </a> </div> </div><div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-10-29T15:17:14-05:00">Oct 29, 2024</time> </span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/2024-10-30/aligning-payers-and-partners-value-based-care" hreflang="en">Aligning Payers and Partners for Value-based Care</a></span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">As value-based care models grow, hospitals, providers and payers need to align goals and incentives to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.</div> </div></div> <div class="article views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-page-title-background"> <div class="field-content sed-thumb"> <a href="/2024-09-26/transforming-behavioral-health-journey" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/small_200x200/public/2024-09/Iris-Telehealth-banner-620x381.jpg?itok=QQ9C-7Mp" width="200" height="123" alt="Iris-Telehealth-banner-620x381" /> </a> </div> </div><div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-09-25T14:49:38-05:00">Sep 25, 2024</time> </span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/2024-09-26/transforming-behavioral-health-journey" hreflang="en">Transforming the Behavioral Health Journey</a></span> </div><div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Transforming the behavioral health journey with strategic initiatives to build a sustainable and coordinated behavioral health services continuum.</div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"><a href="/aha-knowledge-exchange-archive">View All: AHA Knowledge Exchange</a></div> </section> </div> </div></div> Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:16:31 -0600 Robots and Robotics /aha-center-health-innovation-market-scan/2023-10-31-4-ways-wellstar-health-funding-collaborative-innovation <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <p><img alt="4 Ways Wellstar Health Is Funding Collaborative Innovation. A palliative care clinician wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset experiences training on communicating a life-altering diagnosis to patients." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="61484c53-e518-4df4-b3cb-22e7f9684113" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/4-Ways-Wellstar-Health-Is-Funding-Collaborative-Innovation.png" width="620" height="381"></p> <p>At Wellstar Health System in Marietta, Georgia, palliative care practitioners have been using a virtual reality (VR) platform to simulate the most difficult conversations any clinician may have to deliver — communicating a life-altering diagnosis.</p> <p>Immersed in a virtual setting, clinicians speak with a woman named Alice about the serious progression of her cancer and to help her navigate next steps. The training uses live actors rather than avatars or animation, creating a powerful and emotional experience like those palliative care professionals face almost every day.</p> <p>The platform allows caregivers to practice these crucial conversations in a safe space while maintaining the emotions and intensity that make this challenging in the care environment, says Anjali Grandhige, Wellstar’s palliative medicine director.</p> <h2><span>Investing in Collaborative Innovation</span></h2> <p>The Compassionate Conversations training came about through a <a href="https://catalyst.wellstar.org/groundbreaking-compassionate-conversations-virtual-reality-training-debuts-at-hlth-2023/" target="_blank" title="Catalyst by Wellstar: Groundbreaking “Compassionate Conversations” Virtual Reality Training Debuts at HLTH 2023">collaboration</a> between <a href="https://www.wellstar.org/" target="_blank" title="Wellstar Health System homepage.">Wellstar Health</a> and VR communications technology startup <a href="https://www.mothandflamevr.com/" target="_blank" title="Moth+Flame homepage.">Moth+Flame</a>. <a href="https://catalyst.wellstar.org/" target="_blank" title="Catalyst by Wellstar homepage.">Catalyst by Wellstar</a>, the innovation arm of Wellstar Health System, helped fund the startup.</p> <p>Catalyst by Wellstar is a $100 million venture fund launched by the parent health system in May. It aims to make more than 50 investments — from pre-seed to Series A rounds — over the next five years. Investments will target companies addressing issues like customer experience, data analytics and security, digital health, workforce, supply chain, logistics and sustainability.</p> <p>The Moth+Flame investment illustrates Wellstar’s focus on being more than an innovation financier. The health system, which provides care for 1.6 million Georgians annually and provided $1.2 billion in uncompensated care last year, works shoulder to shoulder with many of the startups it helps to fund.</p> <h2><span>Bringing Robotics to Surgical Instrument Sterilization</span></h2> <p>Catalyst by Wellstar’s investment this month in <a href="https://www.rifrobotics.com/" target="_blank" title="RIF Robotics homepage.">RIF Robotics</a> is another example of the venture fund’s strategic partnership with a company to which it provides seed money. The fund’s investment with the tech startup focused on improving the sterile processing of surgical instruments with the aid of robots and includes a <a href="https://catalyst.wellstar.org/rif-robotics-pilot-aims-to-improve-patient-and-team-member-safety-in-sterile-processing/" target="_blank" title="Catalyst by Wellstar: RIF Robotics Pilot Aims to Improve Patient and Team Member Safety in Sterile Processing">pilot with RIF</a> to further refine its technology with feedback from Wellstar staff on the front lines of sterile processing.</p> <p>More than 51 million surgeries are performed in the United States every year with each one requiring between three and 30 instrument trays. Mistakes in sterile processing can lead to unsafe outcomes for patients and medical staff with estimated costs of $25 billion in operating room delays.</p> <p>By year-end, RIF aims to achieve the automated assembly of a basic surgical tray before launching the robots for broad commercialization. The pilot with Wellstar will employ artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision and robotics to automate the sterilization of instruments used in hospitals. The technology is designed to improve patient and hospital team member safety while enhancing operational efficiency.</p> <h2><span>4 Ways Catalyst by Wellstar Is Advancing Innovation</span></h2> <p>The first four investments made by Catalyst by Wellstar target ways to improve care delivery, safety, decontamination of facilities and innovation tracking.</p> <ol> <li><strong><a href="https://www.maranihealth.com/" target="_blank" title="Marani Health homepage."><span>Marani Health</span></a></strong> developed an AI-powered fetal monitoring system designed to deliver a better pregnancy experience for patients and their care teams.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://410medical.com/" target="_blank" title="410 Medical homepage."><span>410 Medical</span></a></strong> created a hand-operated infuser device that enables clinicians to deliver blood or fluids rapidly to critically ill patients requiring volume resuscitation.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://vyv.tech/" target="_blank" title="Vyv homepage."><span>Vyv</span></a></strong>, an antimicrobial tech startup, developed an ultraviolet-free light that kills viruses like SARS-CoV-2, bacteria, fungi, yeast, mold, mildew and odors.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://metacx.com/" target="_blank" title="MetaCX homepage."><span>MetaCX</span></a></strong> launched a software platform that enables Catalyst to drive collaboration across Wellstar’s nine hospitals and five health parks to collect and understand distributed data, align stakeholders on shared strategic plans and monitor progress toward desired outcomes. The company’s scope of work with Catalyst ranges from sustainability issues to employee wellness and digital transformation.</li> </ol> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <p><a href="/center" title="Visit the AHA Center for Health Innovation landing page."><img alt="AHA Center for Health Innovation logo" data-entity- data-entity-uuid="7ade6b12-de98-4d0b-965f-a7c99d9463c5" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/logo-aha-innovation-center-color-sm.jpg" type="file" class="align-center"></a></p> <a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><img alt data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="/sites/default/files/2019-04/Market_Scan_Call_Out_360x300.png"></a></div> </div> </div> .field_featured_image { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } .featured-image{ position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:31:16 -0500 Robots and Robotics /aha-center-health-innovation-market-scan/2022-07-07-3-big-ideas-aspen-conference-transform-health <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <p><img alt="3 Big Ideas from Aspen Conference to Transform Health Care. Omar Lateef, Janice Nevin, Ron Werft on stage at the Aspen Ideas Health conference during the ���������� Association Presents: The Hospital of the Future: Transforming Care Delivery panel on June 23, 2022." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0e2f4270-cbe2-4512-8309-8da5572c6a4d" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/3-Big-Ideas-from-Aspen-Conference-to-Transform-Health-Care.jpg" width="620" height="381"></p> <p>The growing workforce crisis has brought disruption to the health care landscape, but evolving care models and technological advances show promise for reshaping the field.</p> <p>Nearly 1,000 health care leaders and change-makers recently convened at Aspen Ideas: Health, part of the Aspen Institute’s <a href="https://www.aspenideas.org/attend/health" target="_blank" title="Aspen Ideas: Health landing page">Aspen Ideas Festival</a>, to explore health care’s biggest challenges and debate possible solutions. An AHA panel discussing <a href="https://www.aspenideas.org/schedule?term=Hospital%20of%20the%20Future" target="_blank" title="Aspen Ideas: Health The Hospital of the Future: Transforming Care Delivery plenary session">“The Hospital of the Future: Transforming Care Delivery,”</a> explored how to turn ideas into action and create pathways toward better health for all.</p> <h2>Here Are Three Ideas That Stood Out</h2> <h3>1 <span>|</span> <span>Patients reach your digital front door earlier than you think.</span></h3> <p>Many hospitals and health systems have increased their attention to the digital front door — a term that encompasses the various, digitally enabled ways a patient might access care. Efforts are underway at many organizations to enable and ease booking online appointments or other information that helps direct patients to the right care at the right time.</p> <p>While these are important improvements that expand access and increase convenience, three-quarters of all people search the internet for health information before entering the health care system, said Karen DeSalvo, M.D., Google’s chief health officer.</p> <p>The most successful health care providers recognize the opportunity to move patients from “Dr. Google” to the appropriate care site in a seamless way.</p> <h3>2 <span>|</span> <span>Embrace the robots.</span></h3> <p>Robotics in health care have been around for decades, but the next generation of robots and cobots, or collaborative robots, on display at the festival showed great promise for solving problems facing both patients and clinicians.</p> <p><a href="https://news.d.umn.edu/news-center/articles/pepper-robot-2019" target="_blank" title="University of Minnesota Duluth News Center: A Job for Dr. Pepper">Pepper</a>, a robot developed at a University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD) lab, helps elderly patients with social and cognitive engagement. Arshia Khan, UMD computer science professor, and her students programmed the robot to serve as a personal, caregiver assistant for people with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.</p> <p>Pepper loves a good conversation and even tells jokes — a top request among residents in the nursing home where she was first tested. The robot is equipped with camera sensors that allow it to detect a patient’s facial expressions, voice tone and physical movements. It is programmed to guide patients through reminiscence therapy and can teach yoga and tai chi.</p> <p><a href="https://news.christianacare.org/2022/05/meet-moxi-robotic-hospital-helper-to-give-nurses-more-time-to-do-what-they-do-best/" target="_blank" title="ChristianaCare News: Meet ‘Moxi’ – Robotic Hospital Helper to Give Nurses More Time to Do What They Do Best">ChrisitianaCare</a> is piloting a cobot called Moxi that works alongside nurses to take on tasks that can be automated, such as fetching supplies. Designed by two robotics experts at Diligent Robotics, <a href="https://www.diligentrobots.com/moxi" target="_blank" title="Diligent Robotics: Moxi landing page">Moxi</a> is the first in-production robot that uses artificial intelligence and continuously adapts to changes in hospital workflows by learning from the humans with whom it interacts. After just seven weeks, the two Moxis deployed at ChristianaCare have saved nurses an estimated 600 hours of work, said Janice Nevin, M.D., MPH, president and CEO.</p> <p>While the deployment of robots to aid patients or staff is in its early phases, the use cases illustrate the possibility of augmenting the strained health care workforce while freeing up humans to practice at the top of their licenses.</p> <h3>3 <span>|</span> <span>Replace transactional care with longitudinal relationships.</span></h3> <p>Current health care delivery modes are “fundamentally designed to capture failures of chronic care,” said Omar Lateef, D.O., president and CEO, Rush and Rush University Medical Center, at an AHA-convened panel on the future of care delivery. Instead, care should be reimbursed based on outcomes and preventing the exacerbation of chronic disease.</p> <p>To achieve that model of care, clinicians — and the entire ecosystem around them — would focus first on human-to-human relationships over time and not on “visits.” Technology could support and enhance those relationships but, first and foremost, value must be placed on the relationship between patient and provider.</p> <p>Through these relationships — and aided by tech — patients could better navigate available resources to address the social determinants that impact their overall health more significantly than clinical care.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <p><a href="/center" title="Visit the AHA Center for Health Innovation landing page."><img alt="AHA Center for Health Innovation logo" data-entity- data-entity-uuid="7ade6b12-de98-4d0b-965f-a7c99d9463c5" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/logo-aha-innovation-center-color-sm.jpg" type="file" class="align-center"></a></p> <a href="/center/form/innovation-subscription"><img alt data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="/sites/default/files/2019-04/Market_Scan_Call_Out_360x300.png"></a></div> </div> </div> .field_featured_image { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } .featured-image{ position: absolute; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); height: 1px; width: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; border: 0; } Tue, 05 Jul 2022 08:45:50 -0500 Robots and Robotics