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> A resident needs a bandage changed? An IV line inserted? A catheter replaced? A prescription refilled? This is not stuff that robots can do in the near futur
by burkaman 5y ago
> A resident needs a bandage changed? An IV line inserted? A catheter replaced? A prescription refilled?
This is not stuff that robots can do in the near future.
- MattGaiser 5y agoFirst three, no, but why couldn't a robot refill a prescription or at least automatically handle the scheduling for that? And the goal isn't to automate that stuff, but rather automate everything else to free up expensive human hours for this work. So instead of spreading humans thin between cleaning toilets, cleaning floors, doing laundry, and putting in IVs, get the cleaning and laundry off the plate of the human.
- ryan93 5y agoFilling prescriptions needs human supervision and takes very little time relative to other things care facilities do.
- hellbannedguy 5y agoPrescriptions could be filled, and delivered , but doctors love those pricy office visits. (It's a bit better with zoom.)