Can Robots Harvest Tomatoes?
I discussed robots in Health Attitude, including my own 2014 experience with robotic surgery. Robots will play an increasingly important role in healthcare, especially in home healthcare. Robots are becoming commonplace in many industries. In Japan, agricultural tasks are a prime example. Birthrates are decreasing and the population is aging. There are not enough workers […]
Home Robots
Robots will play an increasingly important role in home healthcare in the years ahead. The little guy in the picture was developed by Westminster Technologies, Inc. in Cleveland, OH. The target market for the robots is K-12 schools. Some STEM programs (science technology engineering mathematics) have funding for the technology. Kids can learn how they […]
We All Need Health Insurance
I watched a panel discussion on CNBC this morning. It was introduced as the Future of Healthcare. The participants were CEOs of health insurance companies. There was no mention of patient safety and quality, clinical procedures, patient care, mobile health, telehealth, robotic surgery, accountable care, or affordable care. Another missing topic concerns the 30-40 million […]
Is Remote Robotic Surgery Practical?
Last summer, I experienced a robot assisted radical prostatectomy. I wrote about the experience and follow-on treatment in Health Attitude. I was on the operating room table, and the surgeon was across the room, sitting at the console of the da Vinci robotic surgical system console. Another surgeon, an anesthesiologist, and nurses were at the operating […]
A Surgical Robot Stitching A Grape
One year ago this week, I had a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, followed by 39 days of intensity-modulated radiation treatment. The combination of the two has almost certainly cured me of prostate cancer. I wrote a chapter in Health Attitude about my personal experience and about 3-D printing and robots in healthcare. They will play an increasingly larger […]