title: Technology keeps food costs on diet.
abstract: In the past when a patient missed a meal at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, nurses often had to interrupt their work and rush down to the kitchen for the tray. Now, the nurses can call the food service and request that SAM bring it up. Not quite R2D2, but versatile nonetheless, SAM is a cordless, programmable robotic courier that keeps going until its 24-volt batteries need recharging.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Snow
mesh_terms: D005521:Food Service, Hospital; D006750:Hospital Distribution Systems; D009820:Ohio; D012371:Robotics