QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS AND OBSTACLES IN ADOPTION OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES

General Information

1. What is the type of your institution?(Required)

Clinical Hospital Center

General Hospital

Children’s clinic

Rehabilitation clinic

Rehabilitation center

Home for the elderly

Other

2. What is the number of patient beds in your institution?(Required)

Less than 20

20 – 50

50 – 100

100 – 200

More than 200

3. What do you see as the main opportunities of applying robotic technologies in your daily practice?(Required)

Diagnostics (human function analysis; automated imaging robotics etc.)

Rehabilitation (wearable exoskeletons, stationary devices, mobile training devices, etc.) Choice

Interventions (surgical robotics, image-guided robotics, training robots etc.)

Support to medical and non-medical staff (telepresence robots, disinfection robots, robots for logistics / workflow optimization etc.)

Patient support (functional support robots, robot assistants, communication robots, etc.)

Multiple answers possible – an additional set of questions appear per checked application area on the following pages.

4. Indicate the time period in which you applied robotic technologies in your institution(Required)

Never

Less than 2 years

From 2 to 5 years

More than 5 years

5. Enter in absolute numbers (approximately)

How many patients at your institution use robotic technology on a weekly basis?(Required)

How many patients at your institution would benefit from the application of robotic technologies on a weekly basis?(Required)

6. What do you see as main obstacles in the application of robotic technology in your field of work?(Required)

Health policy at the national level

Health policy at the institution level

Lack of clinical studies on the possibilities/benefits of robotic technology

Gaps in knowledge and staff training for working with robotic technology

Economic reasons

Acceptance by staff that should/works with robotic technology

Multiple answers possible.

What other main obstacles do you see in the application of robotic technology in your field of work?

7. In which country is your institution located?(Required)

Country

8. How many years of experience do you have in medical practice?(Required)

Less than 4

4 – 10

11 – 20

More than 20

What measures do you think could be taken to overcome the barriers to the deployment of robots?

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Further Contact

I am willing to be contacted at the email address given above for additional inputs related to the assessment of clinical needs.

Informed consent for data processing and storage(Required)

I have read, understood and agree to the information regarding the data processing and storage.

General Information:

As a pan-European network in healthcare robotics, DIH-HERO performs an extensive assessment of clinical and care homes needs and barriers in the adoption of robotics technologies. The main goal of the assessment is to point out apparent healthcare needs for robotic technologies, identify challenges in the adoption of healthcare robotics technologies across Europe, present findings to a wider stakeholder audience and support companies in understanding market needs and deploying their technology in the clinical setting. To that end, the short web survey (5-10 min) collects inputs from healthcare professionals as beneficiaries of the healthcare robotics technology.

The members of the DIH-HERO consortium will have access to the data stored, whereas the data will be stored within a private area within DIH-HERO portal, (hosted on secured servers The Netherlands, Europe) providing access only to the authorised DIH-HERO consortium members after login. The anonymised data will be stored in an open repository after the end of the project. According to the data policy all data sets will be archived for a period of 10 years.

Informed consent for data processing and storage:

● I agree that the information and details given in the questionnaire “ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS AND OBSTACLES IN ADOPTION OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES” can be processed by the DIH-HERO consortium for the purpose of assessing healthcare needs for robotic technologies and identify challenges in the adoption of healthcare robotics technologies across Europe.
● I agree that the information will be analyzed by the DIH-HERO consortium and that the anonymized findings will be presented to a wider stakeholder audience and support companies in understanding market needs and deploying their technology in the clinical setting.
● I am aware of the fact that the information and details provided will be stored by the DIH-HERO consortium for reporting purposes to the European Commission.
● I understand that I can always ask for removal of my data without forwarding the reasons, by sending an email to dih-healthcare@utwente.nl
● I am aware of the fact that any personal data obtained in the framework of the questionnaire will be processed in compliance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation.

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS AND OBSTACLES IN ADOPTION OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES

General Information

Application Domain: Diagnostics

Application Domain: Rehabilitation

Application Domain: Intervention

Application Domain: Support (Assistance) to Medical Staff

Application Domain: Patient Support