title: Robots hooked on drugs. Robotic automation expands pharmacy services.
abstract: Hospitals are not known for automating labor-intensive tasks but robots are just beginning to make inroads in health-care. The first--and still only--robot grew from a class assignment to use an established technology in a new growth industry. The established technology was bar coding; the industry health-care; and the result a robotic device for the hospital pharmacy.
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authors.lastname: Marietti
mesh_terms: D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006773:Hospitals, Municipal; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D009519:New York City; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D012371:Robotics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce