Singapore – Patients at the National University Hospital (NUH) will soon be welcomed by robotic nurses who can guide them in the service, deliver medication for them and give them instructions on the quantity to be taken.
Robotic nurses will also monitor the condition of patients from time to time, thus lightening the burden of human nurses and allowing them to focus on more complex issues.
Developed by the National University Health System (NUHS), 30 assistant robots, appointed Missi, will be deployed as part of a pilot project at NUH from April. 2025.
The 1.5 m high robot, with a friendly smile on its front screen, was unveiled on December 5 at the Conference on Health Technologies Imagine AI 2024, organized by medical centers and university institutions of Singapore at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center.
The conference, including an exhibition hall and a series of round tables between December 5 and 8, attracted around 600 experts, health professionals and innovations around the world. Around the world.
Fueled by an artificial intelligence model (AI) developed by the NUHS, Missi is able to speak to nurses and patients, to provide information on the recommended dosage of the drug, on how to keep it and on the expected effects of the expected effects of Medication, said assistant professor Ngiam Kee Yuan, who is the head of the NuHS academic computer office.
Missi will guide patients in the premises, highlighting key areas such as assigned services, toilets and places to ask for help. He can communicate in various languages, including English, Mandarin, Tamil and even Korean and local dialects, said Professor Ngiam.
The robot will be accompanied by real nurses during the pilot project to ensure its proper functioning, added Professor Ngiam.
A demonstration of the Missa robot distributing medication during the Conference on Health Technologies Imagine AI 2024 in Marina Bay Sands on December 5. St Photo: Jason Quah
He will take the direct instructions for nurses, as well as any other task assigned to him by a fleet manager.
She will also provide deliveries between hospital pharmacies. Nurses can load supplies in Missi storage compartments and send them to other establishments, taking elevators and moving between Nuh buildings, said Heng Meng Pei, Nuhs robotics engineer. During a demonstration of the robot capacities.
Equipped with laser sensors, Missi will monitor the vital signs of patients such as blood pressure and heart rate. His image recognition capacities allow him to identify people who may fall into service.
Missi can facilitate teleconsultations between patients and doctors thanks to its front display.
Heng said that the team hopes to improve Missi’s design over the years, to allow it to deliver medicines itself and organize pharmacies stocks.
Professor Ngiam added that Missi developers also test the autonomous decision -making capacities of the system, for example by allowing the fleet of robots to organize their own calendar to deliver drugs and control patients, based on instructions issued.
The pilot project will take place at the NUH, because its 5G network secure interior provides a stable test field for the robot fleet, said Professor Ngiam, adding that the group plans to use Missi in other NuHS institutions, Like the general hospital of NG Teng Fong, once it is ready.
The ability of the robot to speak is supported by Russell-GPT, a Large chatgpt -type language model developed by Nuhs which is trained in clinical knowledge to meet the needs of health care providers in complete safety. Among his capacities, Russell-GPT writes medical summaries, references and can transcribe conversations with patients to lighten the charge of clinical personnel.
Among other innovations presented at the conference, a WhatsApp chatbot is being deployed for NuHS patients who are taking treatment for long -term chronic diseases to send them reminders to inform their doctor of their blood pressure measures and exercise.
The chatbot, called field, is integrated into a patient’s electronic health files to provide personalized reminders to patients and help doctors more easily collect patient health information.
At least 9,000 NUHS patients are registered in the Champ program, said project manager Wayne Han Lee.
He added that his team plans to extend the service to more than 150,000 patients with chronic diseases in other hospitals and clinics in the country.
The chatbot, called field, is integrated into the patient’s electronic health file to provide personalized reminders to patients and help doctors more easily collect patient health information. St Photo: Jason Quah
As part of another key announcement during the event, the nus Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health will launch a new center for public health by July 2025.
The Center will focus on creating new AI solutions to meet public health challenges in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the regional health ministries.
He The ethics of innovations used in health care will be evaluated and will use a team of researchers and experts, said assistant teacher of NUS Feng Mengling, who oversees the deployment of the center.
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