Robotic Technologies for Optimizing Dispensing Chronic Medication in South Africa Healthcare Center

Abstract

In the last years special emphasis has been placed on the development of robots capable of helping humans to dispense chronic medication in the South African healthcare center (pharmacy). Human environments usually involve very large domains, where many unexpected situations can arise easily, and coding the behaviours to cope with every possible situation may result impractical. To provide a human teammate with the right assistance at the right time, a robot partner must be implemented. The robot will not only recognize what the person is doing (i.e., his observable actions) but also understand the intentions or goals being enacted. This style of human-robot cooperation strongly motivates the development of robots that can infer and reason about the mental states of others within the context of the interaction they share. Pharmacy leaders will need to begin looking beyond the traditional business models for their organizations to remain successful. Having the skills to provide entrepreneurial solutions will help continually improve the value the pharmacy brings to an organization. In this workshop, you will develop new pharmacy business strategies for continued success in this changing health care environment.