Robotic Nurses in Healthcare: Opportunities, Benefits, and Drawbacks

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Executive Summary
The aim of this study is to understand the concept and the importance of robotic nurses in the
healthcare sector. This understanding is required to propose a report to investors to invest in
this technology describing the various features of this technology. The report has a
description of the various stakeholders of the technology. Furthermore, this report also
describes the opportunities and benefits and the drawbacks that are associated with this
technology in a legal, social and ethical context. The report also contains the different
measures for intellectual property protection and the advantages and disadvantages of the
same and the features that it bears. The report finally contains the reasons why the investment
should be made in this technology.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................3
2. Discussion..............................................................................................................................4
2.1 Stakeholders of the technology........................................................................................4
2.2 Intellectual property protection of the company..............................................................5
2.3 Opportunities and benefits of the technology..................................................................8
2.4 Risks and drawbacks of the technology.........................................................................10
2.5 Reasons to invest in the technology...............................................................................13
3. Conclusion............................................................................................................................14
4. References............................................................................................................................15

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1. Introduction
Technology has been changing at a rapid speed all over the globe and everyone has
become accustomed to the benefits that are being provided by technology. Technology has
made the lives of people easier and has also helped in many scientific types of research.
Technology in today’s time has reached heights which were never imagined before. The
technology of robotics has been adopted in the nursing sector in many forms. This is due to
many reasons such as shortage of staff and challenges in meeting the technical requirements
needed to provide the basic healthcare facilities to people (Free et al. 2013). The use of
technology and robotics have been prevalent in surgical functions in many countries.
However, there have been developments where robotics have been used in the delivery of
several other healthcare facilities. Robotic nurses are a growing phenomenon in several
countries because of the challenges that are faced by many healthcare facilities on many
technological issues. Robotic nurses are robots that are built in such a way so that they can
perform several physical activities like a human nurse and take the right decisions and give
emotional support to the individuals under their care (Qureshi, M.O. and Syed 2014). Robotic
nurses are already being used by several hospitals in current times and they also act as a
communication channel for the doctors who are present in another destination. This report
will conduct a thorough analysis of the ethical, social and legal opportunities that are
associated with the technology of robot nurses to be presented to the investors. The report
will first of all specify the stakeholders of the technology and describe the different measures
for property protection of the company. The study will further divulge into the
opportunities/benefits and risks/drawbacks of the technology based on which the reasons for
the investment in this technology would be derived.