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New robot helps care for kids in the emergency room at Children’s National Hospital


Children’s National introduced a new robot to its Emergency Department (ED) for patients under evaluation for a COVID infection or being treated for other conditions. The robot, which is part of the FCC-funded COVID-19 Telehealth Program at Children’s National, is the latest innovation of the program that has rapidly evolved due to the ongoing pandemic. Read more about the emergency room robot.

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Shireen Atabaki

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