Regional Clinical Care

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As part of its remote physician presence robot network, UofL Health Care is dedicated to the quick assessment and treatment of stroke patients throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana.

Through the use of the RP-7™ robot, UofL stroke neurologists have the technological capabilities to promptly diagnose stroke patients in areas of Kentucky and Southern Indiana that may not have access to stroke specialists. 

UofL Health Care’s remote physician presence robot network provides highly specialized expertise and support resources of the UofL medical faculty to outlying hospitals via a remote controlled robot.

The ability to quickly assess victims of stroke increases the chances of improved outcomes. If patients are treated within an important three-hour time window from the first sign of symptoms, the likelihood of long-term, debilitating effects are decreased.  Remmel-and-robot-22.jpg

Thanks to the collaboration with other hospitals and the technological advancements seen in the remote physician presence robot network, patients outside of University Hospital have access to the highest quality stroke care offered at University Hospital's Stroke Center.

The RP-7™ Robot (invented, designed & manufactured by InTouch Health, Santa Barbara, California) through the utilization of a secured wireless, broadband, internet connection, can provide physician care to patients in another location. Within moments of a request for a medical consultation, a UofL Health Care physician, seated at a computer ControlStation (either at home, office, airport terminal, or anywhere in the world that has a wireless connection) connects via the Internet to the RP-7 Robot located in the partner hospital’s Emergency Room to consult on the patient.  

Regional Care Partners




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List of UofL Health Care’s partners in the remote physician presence robot network:

  • Owensboro Medical Health System (OMHS), Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Spring View Hospital, Lebanon, Kentucky
  • Taylor Regional Hospital, Campbellsville, Kentucky
  • Trover Health System, Madisonville, Kentucky
  • Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
  • Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
  • Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, Kentucky
  • TJ Samson Community Hospital, Glasgow, Kentucky
  • Methodist Hospital, Henderson, Kentucky
  • Western Baptist Hospital, Paducah, Kentucky
  • Jackson Purchase Medical Center, Mayfield, Kentucky
  • Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Frankfort Kentucky
  • VA Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky