News Articles

2013

• Paging R2-D2 to the hospital ICU, USA Today, May 23, 2013.
• Medical robot lets off-site doctors beam in quickly to diagnose patients, Sacramento Bee, May 16, 2013.
• A Hospital Stay Will Soon Come with More Robots, Say Investors, Health Tech Zone, May 16, 2013.
• My Stroke of Luck, The New York Times, May 13, 2013.
• RP-VITA Robot Now in Seven Hospitals and Medical Centers, Health 2.0, May 9, 2013.
• Stroke Tech: New Telestroke Program in Washington, Stroke Smart, May 7, 2013.
• Meet RP-VITA, the New Face of Telemedicine, iPad Included, PadGadget, May 6, 2013.
• Robots to link San Fernando Valley hospitals, Daily News Los Angeles, May 6, 2013.
• Innovation in telemedicine technology: An entrepreneur's perspective, HealthcareITNews, May 6, 2013.
• Robo-docs: RP-VITA bot now in 7 hospitals, CNET, May 6, 2013.
• Top 5 Medical Technology Innovations, ASME, March 29, 2013.
• Telemedicine Robot Takes the Spotlight in "Monday Mornings" Surgeon Drama on TNT, Medical Device + Diagnostic Industry, March 19, 2013.
• A Robot Helped Save Him: Telemedicine Robot Played Role in Stroke Survival, The Dalles Chronicle, March 16, 2013.
• Telepresence Robots: Your Alter Ego on Wheels, The Economist, March 9, 2013.
• Robotic Telementors for Nurses, AZoRobotics.com, February 28, 2013.
• Stroke Robot Arrives at EMHC, Brush News-Tribune, CO, January 29, 2013.
• Autonomous Robots Coming to U.S. Hospitals, Fast Company, January 24, 2013.
• The Best of CES 2013, PCMag.com, January 11, 2013.
• Mission Health's Telestroke Program Treats 100th Patient, The Mountaineer, January 9, 2013.

2012

• 10 Medical Robots That Could Change Healthcare, InformationWeek, December 7, 2012.
• Hurricane Sandy Heroes: Morristown doctor saves stroke victim via laptop during blackout, NJ.com, New Jersey, November 11, 2012.
• St. Johns, Memorial take first steps into telemedicine, The State Journal-Register, November 4, 2012.
• New RP-VITA Platform Is Transforming Team-Based Care, Intelligent Hospital Today, October 29, 2012.
• The robot doctor will see you now, CNN Money, October 19, 2012.
• Robo-Doctors Signal the Rise of the Medical Machines, WIRED.com, October 17, 2012.
• Wallowa County Health Care District: Partners in Treating Stroke, iOregon Health Network, October 2, 2012.
• Telemedicine extends stroke expertise to Cleveland Regional, The Cleveland Advocate, September 27, 2012.
• Robot helps Davidson County student athletes with concussions, News 14, Triad, NC, September 19, 2012.
• RP-VITA robot promises to reboot healthcare, Healthcare IT News, September 14, 2012.
• Technology to play a bigger role in hospital care, Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2012.
• Robot supports high dependency patients, E-Health Insider, August 24, 2012.
• Robot Provides Virtual Medical Care, DesignNews, August 17, 2012.
• The Beginning of Something Important: InTouch Health and iRobot's RP-VITA, The Robot Report, July 31, 2012.
• Point and Go: InTouch rolls out self-guided medical robots, Pacific Coast Business Times, July 27, 2012.
• Physician robot to begin making rounds, Computerworld, July 25, 2012.
• RP-VITA robot programs its way into telemedicine, Healthcare IT News, July 25, 2012.
• Meet VITA, the ICU's Newest Robot, Health 2.0 News, July 25, 2012.
• iRobot and InTouch Health Announce RP-VITA Telemedicine Robot, IEEE Spectrum, July 24, 2012.
• The Doctor Is Always In; Robots Connect Doctors and Patients, HCA Today Blog, July 11, 2012.
• InTouch Health and iRobot Launch RP-VITA Telepresence System, Pilot Presence, July 7, 2012.
• Idaho Health System Saves $1.7M in Transport Costs, Healthcare Informatics, May 3, 2012.
• Telemedicine facilitates collaboration, greater access to healthcare, The Clinical Advisor, April 27, 2012.
• UH to install telemedicine network, Cincinnati.com, March 7, 2012.
• Pikes Peak Hospital begins telemedicine stroke program, The Colorado Springs Business Journal, February 21, 2012.
• Telemedicine Robots Give Time-Sensitive Stroke Care, InformationWeek Healthcare, January 12, 2012.

2011

• Study: Robotic telepresence viewed favorably by critically ill surgical patients, The American Journal of Surgery, December 1, 2011.
• RP-7i launched in Hyderabad, India at the Apollo Institute of Neurosciences, The Hindu Business Line, October 29, 2011.
• Telemedicine connects Rush Oak Park patients with specialists in Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, October 25, 2011.
• OHSU Telemedicine Networks Connects Oregonians Lifesaving Health Care, Oregon Health & Science University, October 1, 2011.
• Study: Robotic telemedicine in NICU feasible, safe, Health Imaging, June 21, 2011.
• Care speeds councilman's recovery, The-Dispatch.com, Lexington, KY, May 23, 2011.
• InTouch Health lets doctors be in two places at once, BioTuesdays, May 17, 2011.
• Robot helping fill Kern's specialist doctor gap, Bakersfield News, Bakersfield CA, February 5, 2011.