MONTEREY – Robots are coming to an area hospital, not to perform surgery, but to help fetch, deliver, and pick up items, in order to further enhance the health facility’s functions by allowing nurses to focus more on patient care.
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, the first hospital in Northern and Central California to do so, is adding robot assistants to support clinicians in giving patients quality care across multiple areas of the hospital.
“Moxi will be on 24/7,” said Debbie Sober, RN and Chief Nursing Officer at Community Hospital.
Moxi refers to the two robots the hospital is employing through a lease agreement with its creator, Diligent Robotics. Using machine-learning technology, the robots use an array of sensors to map the hospital and have a mechanized arm to navigate multiple types of doors, including those that require badge access. personalized hoodie with photo
Moxi helps with non-patient-facing tasks such as fetching items from central supplies, delivering lab samples, picking up medicines from the pharmacy, distributing personal protective equipment and more, improving overall clinical workflows and efficiency, according to Sober. It is estimated nurses spend nearly one-third of their time getting supplies, so automating these tasks enables them to operate at the top of their training and skills and spend more time with patients.
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