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News Articles
Robotic Telemedicine in NICU feasible, safe
Health Imaging - June 21, 2011

Dr. Robot is on call: Interactive tool can make rounds
SignOnSanDiego.com (Union Tribune) - August 15, 2008

“The Doctor Is In” with RP-7 Robotic System
Army.mil/news - September 28, 2007

Paging Dr. Robot, your patient is waiting
CNET - May 18, 2007

Eye Robot - Healdsburg hospital uses high-tech helper to aid critical-care patients in-house
The Press Democrat - May 16, 2007

Publications
Barriers to Telemedicine: Survey of Current Users in Acute Care Units
Telemedicine and e-Health - January 2012

Robotic telepresence viewed favorably by critically ill surgical patients
American Journal of Surgery - December 2011

A Working Lexicon for the Tele-Intensive Care Unit
Telemedicine and e-Health - December 2011

The Tele-Intensive Care Unit During a Disaster: Seamless Transition from Routine Operations to Disaster Mode
Telemedicine and e-Health - November 2011

Planning for the Tele-ICU in California
NEHI Report to the California HealthCare Foundation - 2011

Hospital Mortality, Length of Stay, and Preventable Complications Among Critically Ill Patients Before and After Tele-ICU Reenginering of Critical Care Processes
Journal of the American Medical Association - May 16, 2011

The use of mobile robotic telemedicine technology in the neonatal ICU
Journal of Perinatology - 2011

Critical Care, Critical Choices: The Case for Tele-ICUs in Intensive Care
New England Healthcare Institute & Massachusetts Technology Collaborative - December 2010

Telepresence Using Robots in Acute Care Facilities
ICU Management - January 2010

Organizational characteristics of the austere ICU: The evolution of military trauma and critical care medicine; applications for civilian medical care systems
Critical Care Medicine - 2008

Robotic Telepresence: Past, Present and Future
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - August 2007

Intensive care unit robotic telepresence facilitates rapid physician response to unstable patients & decreased cost in neurointensive care
Surgical Neurology - April 2007

Robotic Telepresence in the Intensive Care Unit
Journal of Critical Care - June 2005

Multimodality monitoring and telementoring in neurocritical care: from microdialysis to robotic telepresence
Current Opinion in Critical Care - April 2005

Robotic Telepresence Rounding
ICU Management - April 2005

Poster: Perceived Benefit of a Telemedicine Consultative Service on a Highly Staffed Intensive Care Unit
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Press Releases
LIJ Medical Ctr. Introduces Remote-Control Physician Robots to Monitor Patients in Intensive Care Unit, Consult with Surgical Patients After Hours
March 16, 2007

The Methodist Hospital: Mobile robots offer 24/7 care to neurosurgical ICU, stroke patients
November 13, 2006

UCLA Medical Center becomes world's first hospital to introduce Remote Presence robots in ICU
March 9, 2005
Videos
Robotic Telemetry Expands Patient Care Options for Small Hospitals Throughout California
(audio report)

Offsite Care: Advanced Telemedicine Utilizing RP-7
(88 MB)


WESH News 2: Orlando
(11 MB)

Case Studies
Increased Neuro-ICU coverage in an academic setting
UCLA School of Medicine

Meet IHI Rapid Response Team standards and reduce "Out of ICU" patient codes
Parkview Health System

Achieve total compliance with IHI and JCAHO standards
Parkview Health System

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