Singarpore, Singapore – July 23, 2015 – In accordance with the country’s objective to become an intelligent nation, Panasonic System Solutions Asia Pacific (PSSAP) and Changi General Hospital (CGH) implement a robotics technology to improve the operational efficiency of ‘A hospital. The experimental use of Panasonic autonomous delivery robots, Hospit, began in February 2015 and they are implemented in phases. CGH is the first hospital outside Japan to use Hospit. As part of the Hospital Porter Management System, the four hospitals are able to provide fragile and voluminous drugs, medical specimens and patients ‘cases of 24/7 patients, soften labor constraints’ artwork.
Hospit is equipped with security features to prevent falsification, flight and damage during delivery. The contents of the robot can only be accessible with identity cards. Automation allows HOSPIT to move using elevators and between the installations of the main CGH building and the integrated building in itself, by providing drugs and specimens.
Rubina Gan, deputy director general, PSSAP, noted: “Singapore has often been nicknamed a” life laboratory “so that companies experience and co-create solutions. Panasonic is delighted to work with the Changi General Hospital to be In line in our hospitals for full deployment so that the time of medical caregivers is released for the care and treatment of patients.
Hospit is equipped with sensors and programmed with hospital card data to avoid obstacles such as wheelchair patients and complete deliveries with minimum supervision. The new hospital routes can be programmed in advance, allowing flexibility. The autonomous robot communicates and relays information on its fate at the control center, allowing its location to be monitored and recorded at any time.
Selina Seah, Deputy Managing Director, Changi General Hospital, said: “Hospit can help us save labor and time in a simple and practical way, in particular with the challenges we face with a workforce ‘Aging work while our health establishments increase in size and distance. By operating an autonomous technology like Hospit, we can optimize our workforce and improve productivity.
Panasonic also tests the use of Reysone, an electrical care bed that separates and converts to a safe and practical wheelchair, at CGH. This 2 in 1 care bed not only facilitates the transfer and movement of patients, but also eliminates the need for additional storage areas. The Reysone test bed will take place for six months.
By continuing to build a solid base for robotics of health care, Panasonic aims to deploy Hospit in other local hospitals in the future.
Features
Model | AP-3020A003 |
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Dimension | 630 mm (W) × 725 mm (D) × 1386 mm (H) |
Weight | About 170 kg with battery |
Operating time | About 9 hours (lead battery) |
Charge time | Approximately 4.5 hours |
Loading capacity | Maximum 20 kg / 6 Medicines (350 mm (W) x440 mm (d) x390 mm (H) configurable) |
Delivery items | – Fragile / voluminous drugs – Medical specimens for example laboratory samples, infectious blood samples – Documentation for example, case notes for patients / medical records |
Navigation | – Autonomous trips via data from the preprogrammed hospital card (flexible by adapting to new roads, for example, new hospital district, new hospital wing) – Avoid obstacles, for example rolling armchairs, visitors, through sensors – Use of Wi-Fi, Hospi communicates and relays the details of the location / operations history at the hospital control center. An integrated camera option is also available. |
Security | Very secure – accessible only using identity cards to avoid falsification, flight and damage during delivery |
Maximum speed | 1.0 m / second (configurable) |
About Panasonic Asia Pacific
Panasonic Asia-Pacific Provides the entire range of brand products and solutions in the Southeast Asian region and Oceania (APAC), covering 27 countries, including 10 offices in Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, in Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Based in Singapore, the regional headquarters of Panasonic Asia-Pacific focuses on creating a better life, a better world by promoting its business portfolio to business while maintaining solid consumer business growth. The region has 40 manufacturing sites, supporting the world’s production activities in Panasonic in the housing, agriculture, energy solutions, household appliances, components and devices.
Panasonic System Solutions Asia Pacific
Based in Singapore, Panasonic System Solutions Asia Pacific is the B2B solutions of Panasonic Asia Pacific Pte LTD, the subsidiary of Southeast Asia and Oceania (APAC) of Panasonic Corporation. Panasonic System Solutions Asia Pacific provides B2B solutions for government and commercial companies of all sizes that cover unified commercial communications, mobile IT, data storage, security and surveillance, retail, communications, communications Visual (projectors, professional displays, digital signaling) and imaging network solutions (broadcast and professional video).
About the Changi General Hospital
Changi General Hospital (CGH) is a award -winning public hospital with more than 1,000 beds serving a community of 1.4 million people in eastern Singapore. CGH offers a full range of medical specialties and services, led by a very experienced and qualified team of health professionals who constantly provide excellent results and health care for patients. CGH’s mission is “to provide the best patient care with passion and empathy”. It has established itself as a center of medical excellence with services such as the integrated sleep service, the mammary center @ Changi, the hepatobiliary service, vascular surgery, gastroenterology, endocrinology and Changi Sports Medicine Center . CGH is a key partner and a resource for the Eastern Health Alliance, the regional health system for Eastern Singapore. CGH has been accredited by JCI (joint commission) since 2005.
Four autonomous delivery robots, called Hospit, deliver (up to 20 kg) to products such as medicine, medical specimens and case files within the hospital. >> See more photos on Google+ Photo