Which would you rather have come to your hospital room: a doctor you’ve never met before, or a robot that lets you communicate with your personal physician? A new study shows that many patients would prefer the robot.

The study, conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, focused on how patients reacted to a “rounding robot”. Fifteen of the mobile robots, produced by California-based InTouch Health, have been placed in hospitals and nursing homes nationwide.

The 200-pound robots stand about 5 feet tall. They have flat video screens for heads, and video cameras serve as their eyes and ears. Using a joystick（操縱桿）, a doctor can operate the rounding robot to check on patients from another building or another country, through the Internet and wireless links. The doctor’s face appears on the robot’s screen, and he or she interacts with the patient through the real-time video.

The aim of the technology isn’t to replace human doctors, but to make it more convenient for doctors to deep in touch with their patients, and for patients to get quick access to personal physicians who aren’t at the hospital.

 The Johns Hopkins experiment, conducted at the Maryland University’s hospital, involved 60 patients recuperating(康復)from surgery. Half of those said they would prefer a tele-visit by their own physician to a real visit by another physician. 80% of the patients in the study thought the robots would increase accessibility to their physician, while 76% believed having the robot available would permit physicians to provide more medical information.

 InTouch leases(出租) the robots for $3,000 a month, which includes computer software, training and technical support. The robots are not for sale because the software is updated about once a month, said Timothy Wright, InTouch’s vice president.

72. From the passage, we can know that InTouch Health is probably_______.

A. a campaign carried out across California    B. a medical project at Johns Hopkins University

C. a company producing mobile robots        D. a piece of medical equipment

73. The rounding robots _______.

A. will replace doctors in the future           B. are only in use in California and Maryland

C. can give patients treatment by themselves    D. can give patients treatment by themselves

74. What’s the purpose of using the “rounding robot” technology?

A. To reduce the nurses’ heavy workload         B. To solve the problem of lack of doctors.

C. To bring convenience to doctors and patients.  

D. To make patients feel more relaxed and comfortable.

75. How many patients prefer to be visited by a rounding robot in the experiment?

A. 80%     B. 76%     C. 60%      D. 50%

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