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5 Healthcare Tools To Boost Patient Involvement

3Comments | Michelle McNickle | November 08, 2012 09:06 AM

The 2012 Connected Health Symposium showcased a myriad of engagement tools that promote innovation and improve patient compliance.

5 Healthcare Tools To Boost Patient Involvement

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AnyBots

Anybots was founded in 2001 and performs robot research and development. Within the healthcare space, said health IT blogger Shahid Shah, AnyBots provides a type of immersive telepresence, meaning instead of focusing merely on audio and video communications, the AnyBots robot allows for movement controlled by a remote control. "If you're a doctor and have to manage 10 different nursing homes ... the robot can go in, and the doctor can control his movement and direction," Shah said. "It can turn on sensors at the control of not the person in the room, but the person who wants to do the communication," he said. Shah said this type of telepresense is impressive since it can move in and out of a specific area and record findings. "In the future, I'd hope to see new sensors shine a beam of light, for example," he said. "Today, it's more about [helping] a human being who's not in a specific location feel like he's there."

The AnyBots robot is pictured above.

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