Medical care systems are dealing with immense social and economic pressures, including the increase in workers’ depletion rates, a population that ages more in attentive care and severe shortage of personnel. This challenging landscape was not only evident Covid-19 pandemic, but also highlights the longing for support to quell this hard reality.
Now imagine an alternative universe where health workers can focus on added value care. A system that encourages innovation and puts it into operation. Does it sound too good to be true? It is not, it is the era of robotics in medical care. From the operating room to reception, robotics is now being integrated into a variety of applications with the purpose of releasing time and services for health workers to do what they do best, patient care.
Lend a hand (or a robotic arm) to hospital operations
In hospitals, robots can be used to rationalize operational tasks. For example, autonomous mobile service robots can be implemented in deliveries and medications to patients, samples to laboratories and other varied supplies through the hospital. They can also be used to track and monitor the facilities inventory automatically placing orders when the stock is low, reduces the possible shortage of critical supplies caused by human error.
Reducing patient waiting times is another key benefit than robotics integration can provide medical care. Advances such as AI-AI diagnosis, surgical robots and robotic rehabilitation tools can classify treatment and recovery times with greater surgical precision. With the collaboration of humans-robot, patients can benefit from less postprocedural complications and better health results. Collectively, these technologies can be possible outside a faster patient change with less busy hospitals.
Expand medical care accessibility
In remote or rural locations, access to medical care can be limited, especially for specialized treatments. Telepressure robots allow doctors to have a more interactive presence with their patients while they disperse geographically.
Autonomous drones can also be made to close gaps in health accessibility, with the ability to instantly deliver critical medical supplies or donor organs. They also allow a faster emergency response, eliminating traditional limitations such as traffic or bad weather. ATHEGH may seem less, some patient results can be defined in minutes, such as associates with organ transplants whose strict wing of vineyard.
Trust robotic technology in surgery
The surgeon can use robotics to improve the medical procedures of precision and the duration of the control duration, which leads to a reduction in human error and, therefore, increases patient safety. Patients who receive surgery assisted by Robot benefit from stays at the shortening hospital and more minimally invasive procedures, which can improve their long -term result.
The most demanded medical specialties such as urology, orthopedics and gynecology have progressively incorporated robots surgeries. For example, in orthopedics, the types of thesis surgeries are commonly used for total hip or knee replacement. The precision caused by robotic systems guarantees that the implant is placed correctly, which can improve joint function. The popularity of this technology has also grown in gynecology for complex procedures such as hysterectomies, since the greatest agility of robotic instruments allows closer incisions and leads to a decrease in the patient’s recovery time.
Establish the basis for the expanded implementation
Despite the excessive ability of robotics to transform modern medical care, there are some significant obstacles, such as the confidence and knowledge of the patient. Many patients do not take care of the availability and benefits of robotic surgeries. However, when there is greater knowledge and familiarity among patients about robotics in medicine, they tend to be more open to their incorporation into their treatment and care. To expand the robotic implementation in hospitals, it will be crucial for the industry in general to expand the information and experience available to the public.
Multiple regulatory organizations and standard bodies worldwide, such as FDA and ISO, are putting AI frameworks for AI safety in health robotics, which is widely seen as the future of digital surgery. Published in 2024, ISO/IEC 5469 is an example of these developments and describes a recommendation for functional safety for the systems promoted by AI and a road map to guarantee the reliability of AI with an approach to understandable and risk mitigation. In the US, the FDA created a AI/ML -based medical device plan to develop good automatic learning practices (GMLP) for AI health systems that are safe and consistent. So, as technological advances are in health, the guide to guarantee human security and, in turn, trust is also increasing.
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Winston Leung is an experienced innovation strategist with a decade of experience advancing in technology and promoting business development in public and private sectors in North America and Asia. Specialized in transformative industries such as transport and robotics, has directed initiatives in autonomous, connected and electric vehicles, developing policies and strategies to support its adoption. Winston’s remarkable achievements include heading the first connected vehicle test bed and guide market strategies for emerging technologies, including quantum, 5g and more.
Currently, QNX senior manager, Winston offers strategies and thought leadership in functional security, real -time performance and reliability for systems integrated in robotics, medical and transportation sectors. He has collaborated with international interested parties, influenced government policies and has promoted the start of starting. Combining the technical experience with strategic vision, Winston is shaping the future of autonomous and robotic technologies through innovation and shocking leadership
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