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For NY Diabetes Patients, Help Is a Phone Call Away
By Hugh Collins - AOL News
NEW YORK (Oct. 17) -- Each day, nurse Susan Lehrer cares for 20 diabetes patients, many of whom also have cardiac problems related to the debilitating condition. They're mostly high-risk, low-income patients who have struggled for years to control their diabetes. But Lehrer doesn't wear scrubs to work, and some of her patients have never met her. She can treat them using just two pieces of equipment: a wireless phone headset and a computer screen. Lehrer directs the telehealth program for diabetes at New York City Health and Hospital Corp., a public agency that provides low-cost or free ...
Hospital Adds 'Robot Workers' to Handle Daily Duties
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyWould you trust a robot with your IV drip? Patients in Scotland will soon have to, now that a hospital in that country is preparing to debut a line of automated staff members to help with day-to-day duties -- doling out medications included. At the Forth Valley Royal Hospital, set to open this August, robots will be summoned via hand-held PDAs. They'll clear meal trays, tidy rooms, carry waste and -- yes -- dispense drugs. The hospital also boasts a pharmacy staffed entirely by 'bots, according to BBC correspondent Eleanor Bradford, who toured the facility. "This is the first in the U.K. ...
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