Tag Archives: Robotics
Swisslogs introduces next-gen RoboCurrier Autonomous Mobile Robot
Swisslog has been making these little robots for a long time, although I don’t see many of them in the wild these days. They’re pretty cool in their own right. The robots themselves are reasonably small. The previous version was … Continue reading
What the NECC fiasco means for automation in pharmacy IV rooms
According to the CDC website, the fungal meningitis outbreak linked to a tainted batch of steroid injections made by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts has resulted in more than 500 case reports and 36 deaths (as of … Continue reading
Health Robotics ASHP Midyear press release includes mention of RFID
I came across this press release yesterday. The press release is from Health Robotics, a company that builds and distributes automation and technology aimed squarely at the I.V. room. Their product line includes several robots designed for specialized I.V. room … Continue reading
Cool Pharmacy Technology – RxMedic ADS
The RxMedic ADS robot is kind of cool. I’m not a big fan of robotics because I think they’re basically slow and I don’t believe the technology is mature enough yet; in healthcare that is. The thing that makes this … Continue reading
Saturday morning coffee [August 18 2012]
So much happens each and every week that it’s hard to keep up sometimes. Here are some of the tabs that are open in my browser this morning along with some random thoughts…. The coffee mug to the right is … Continue reading
Robots better than human surgeons? Maybe…maybe not.
MedPage Today: “Robotic prostatectomy has spread all over the U.S., despite the fact that we don’t have clinical trial data to show that it’s better than traditional open surgery. The company marketing the robotic surgery systems boasts on its website … Continue reading
Cool Pharmacy Technology–Apoteca
I have a soft spot for robotics, especially for IV preparation. I’m not quite sure that pharmacy is ready to fully embrace the idea, but we’re well on our way. APOTECAchemo is an IV preparation robot modeled in the image … Continue reading
Cleanrooms – the forgotten realm of acute care pharmacy
Cleanroom environments, a.k.a. IV rooms, inside acute care pharmacies compound some of the most complex and dangerous medications used inside a hospital. Unfortunately this area is often overlooked when implementing safety features such as bar-code verification, identification of high-alert medications, … Continue reading
“What’d I miss?” – Week of March 13, 2011
As usual there were a lot of things that happened over the past week, and not all of it was related to pharmacy automation and technology. Here are some of the things I found interesting.
Cool pharmacy technology – UCSF Robotics
UCSF: “Although it won’t be obvious to UCSF Medical Center patients, behind the scenes a family of giant robots now counts and processes their medications. With a new automated hospital pharmacy, believed to be the nation’s most comprehensive, UCSF is … Continue reading