MultiCare rolls out nursing aid robots to 2 hospitals

MultiCare Health System has rolled out Moxi, a robotic nursing assistant, to MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital and Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, all based in Tacoma, Wash.

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The robot delivers lab specimens, medications and supplies to staff and patients, allowing nurses to spend more time with patients at the bedside, according to a May 18 press release from MultiCare. 

Moxi was first introduced at Spokane, Wash.-based MultiCare Deaconess Hospital in January and was able to save nurses 4.92 million steps.

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