Nurses are the lifeblood of the healthcare system. But with unprecedented levels of burnout and staff shortages, many are exhausted. But the population is rapidly aging and patient acuity is rising.

When the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) moved to a new facility in July 2007, it saw an opportunity to improve nurse satisfaction by upgrading the computer process nurses used at the bedside.

“Hi, Julie,” called Rana Tuncer, a senior computer science major at the University of Delaware. No, Tuncer was not greeting a fellow peer — she was interacting with a computer-generated patient while ...

Nurses spend countless hours supporting patients, but who supports the nurses with their tough workload. With our Robotic Nurse Assistant, nurses now have the opportunity to offload some of their work ...