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Research Projects / P04: Telepresence Using Robotic Wireless System

Novel Telepresence Application Using Robotic Wireless System 

A software application for remote wireless access in real time to a comprehensive set of medical data is being developed. A wireless mobile pocket device will allow access to all data, including viewing radiographic imaging connected to the PACS system. The entire medical electronic record can be accessed remotely in real time. New high-speed cell phone networks are employed. This technology will be fused with the InTouch robot for virtual physician presence at the bedside, in the Emergency Room, or on the battlefield. It will allow for remote expert consultation, with the ability to view the patient, interview the patient, and assess a complete set of medical data in real time.

Video clips:
Remote wireless access (Global Care Quest / Niel Martin, MD)

In The News:
9/13/06 - Global Care Quest Wins 2006 3G A-List Award - GCQ's 3G CDMA-based Wireless Patient Data Solution Named 'Best In Show'
Global Care Quest Wins 2006 3G A-List Award


10/17/05 - UCLA Medical Center Shreds Hospital Paper Chase With Mobile, Wireless Access to Comprehensive Patient Data.pdf

Investigators: 
(PI) Neil Martin, MD, Division of Neurosurgery
(PI) Paul Vespa, MD, Division of Neurosurgery
Val Nenov, MD, Division of Neurosurgery
Farzad Buxey, MD, Division of Neurosurgery
Xiao Hu, Department of Computer Science
Iliya Dulguerov, Department of Computer Science
Yulun Wang, PhD, CEO, InTouch Health, Inc.  

                      Information technology in the ICU of the future 

 

Abstracts:

Hu X, Buxey F, Barry T, Nenov V, Martin N. "Use an Automated Multi-Scoring System to Assess Patients with Unplanned ICU Admission." 2008 Annual Healthcare Information and Management. Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference.

Vespa P, "Robotic telepresence in intensive care improves physician response time," Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 15: in vivo, in vitro, in silico: Designing the next in Medicine, Long Beach, CA, 6-9 February 2007.

Vespa, P, Miller, CM, Hu, X, Buxey, F, Nenov, V, Martin, NA. "Intensive care unit robotic telepresence facilitates rapid physician response to unstable patients and decreased cost in neurointensive care," Surgical Neurology. 2007 Apr;67(4):331-7.

Telepresence from the doctor's office or a remote off-site location
Virtual physician presence at the bedside with the In-Touch robot

Remote access to patient data

In hospital (wi-fi) and out of hospital (cell phone) access to patient data