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Are Robots Coming to Healthcare? Consumers Say Not-So-Fast

Health Populi

But these are also some of the people who could most benefit from the deployment of safe, sensitively-designed, and effective robots for caregiving and medical care at home. I point this out in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen.

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Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey

Health Populi

Necessity being the mother of invention, people repurposed Zoom and other digital meeting applications for their personal use,” I wrote in my new book, Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds. Folks who had never accessed videoconferencing online did so, learning a new skill.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Vernon receives award to improve stroke care Health system to expand Illinois hospital after $23.5M renovation Reid Health details restructuring effort to reduce costs Cameron Hospital, Trine break ground on $10M nursing education center IOWA 26 Nursing Homes Close in the Past Year Across Iowa Groundbreaking set for new UnityPoint – St.

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Health Provider News – April 1, 2022

Hall Render

Corner Office: Boston Medical Center CEO Kate Walsh takes a page out of Maya Angelou’s book. Hundreds of Nebraskans Couldn’t Get Medical Care During Latest COVID Surge. Local Nursing Home Provider Advocates For Elder Care in D.C. Nurses at Beverly Hospital, Addison Gilbert threaten 3-day strike.