Towards human-centered AI and robotics to reduce hospital falls: finding opportunities to enhance patient-nurse interactions during toileting

Introduction: Patients who are hospitalized may be at a higher risk for falling, which can result in additional injuries, longer hospitalizations, and extra cost for healthcare organizations. A frequent context for these falls is when a hospitalized patient needs to use the bathroom. While it is pos...

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Main Authors: Hannah Rafferty, Cameron Cretaro, Nicholas Arfanis, Andrew Moore, Douglas Pong, Stephanie Tulk Jesso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2024.1295679/full