Saint Joseph Health System- Remote Presence Robotics

By combining the technology, services, expertise and caring of eight of the best health care facilities in the region, everyone in every community we serve benefits. Together as Saint Joseph Health System, we can provide more state-of-the-art care reaching out to more communities, more specialists able to serve more patients, and more of the latest technology.

Imagine seeing the leading specialist in the region at your bedside. A moment later, that same specialist is at the bedside of another patient, a hundred miles away. Its all possible with the InTouch Robot.

Saint Joseph Health System features this state-of-the-art video conferencing technology, which allows physicians to examine their patients and provide consultations to other physicians from a remote location.

Using precise, advanced telecommunications technology complete with live, two-way radio and video capabilities, the InTouch Robot allows the physician to move around the patients bedside and project him/herself to another location.

This quick access to the regions top specialists ensures that every Saint Joseph Health System patient receives Kentuckys best care, regardless of geography.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Remote Presence
• InTouch Health
• Telemedicine
• Stroke Network

[c2kmedical]

Neat technology. I had read about this a while ago but never seen in in action.