Enhanced Diagnostics for a Telepresence Robot

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instruction code for performing a method of diagnosing sepsis in a patient, the method comprising:

• visiting the patient with a telepresence device;
• performing, using the telepresence device, one or more diagnostic activities on the patient to detect sepsis;
• evaluating results from the one or more diagnostic activities;
• and
• alerting a care provider if the results indicate sepsis is present in the patient.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instruction code for performing a method of diagnosing a stroke, the method comprising:

• visiting a patient using a telepresence device;
• performing, using the telepresence device, one or more diagnostic tests on the patient to detect a stroke;
• determining, based on the diagnostic tests, whether the patient has suffered a stroke;
• and
• alerting a care provider if the patient has suffered a stroke.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instruction code for performing a method of non-tactilely measuring actigraphy, the method comprising:

• measuring a position of a limb of a patient using a depth sensor on a telepresence device;
• determining motion of the limb based on variations in position measurements over time;
• and
• determining a psychological state of the patient based on the motion of the limb.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instruction code for performing a method of autonomously checking a plurality of patients with a telepresence device, the method comprising:

• receiving indications of the plurality of patients;
• receiving medical data for at least one of the plurality of patients;
• and
• determining a frequency of checking each of the plurality of patients with the telepresence device based on the received medical data.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instruction code for performing a method of overcoming alarm fatigue in a care provider, the method comprising:

• detecting that a patient is experiencing an alarm condition;
• locating a care provider;
• navigating a telepresence device to the care provider;
• and
• alerting the care provider that the patient experiencing the alarm condition using the telepresence device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instruction code for performing a method of autonomously checking a patient, the method comprising:

• visiting the patient with a telepresence device;
• if the patient is coupled to a patient monitor, attempting to acquire telemetry data from the patient monitor;
• measuring a patient characteristic using an image sensor on the telepresence device;
• determining whether a potentially harmful condition exists with the patient based on at least one of the telemetry data and the patient characteristic;
• and
• performing an action responsive to the potentially harmful condition if it is determined that the potentially harmful condition exists.