Clinicians’ Perceptions and Potential Applications of Robotics for Task Automation in Critical Care: Qualitative Study

Jiafeng Song   ^{1, 2, 3} , MSc ;   Rishika Iytha Sridhar   ² , MSc ;   Darlene Marie Rogers   ⁴ , PhD ;   Cheryl Hiddleson   ⁵ , MSN ;   Carolyn Davis   ⁶ , MD ;   Tina Lynn Holden   ⁷ , PhD ;   Shanna Ramsey-Haynes   ⁸ , DNP ;   Lisa Reif   ⁹ , DNP ;   Julie Swann   ¹⁰ , MBA, MHA ;   Craig S Jabaley   ^{7, 11} , MD ;   Mary Gullatte   ¹² , PhD ;   Rishikesan Kamaleswaran   ^{1, 13, 14, 15} , PhD

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

² Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States

³ Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁴ Emory Hillandale Hospital, Lithonia, GA, United States

⁵ eICU Operations, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁶ Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁷ Emory Critical Care Center, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁸ Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁹ Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, United States

¹⁰ Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, GA, United States

¹¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

¹² Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

¹³ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

¹⁴ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

¹⁵ Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States