Ro launches Robin to handle care chores and draw more care in-house

CEO Zachariah Reitano wants Robin to bring more care inside Ro, starting with routine tasks and recommendations based on patient information.

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Primary source: Business Insider

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Robin gives Ro a new way to deepen its role in patients' care, but medication-related recommendations make clear boundaries, privacy protections and evidence of clinical benefit central to the bet.

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Telehealth company Ro is launching Robin, an AI health agent that CEO and co-founder Zachariah Reitano (@ZReitano) wants to turn into a guide through more of a patient's care. Business Insider reported the October 29th announcement, which puts routine chores such as managing side effects and drafting a note to a doctor beside a bigger ambition: helping patients get more of their care through Ro.…

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