Best Life: Robots getting rehab patients back on their feet faster (Source: MetroHealth) By Ivanhoe Broadcast News | March 5, 2021 at 8:38 AM CST - Updated March 5 at 8:38 AM
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Ivanhoe Newswire) Almost 800,000 people suffer a stroke each year. More than 250,000 people are living with a spinal cord injury. Almost as many people will be diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury in 2021. What do all of these people have in common? Most of them will end up in rehab to help get their lives back to normal. Now, a new type of robot is helping people get up on their feet and walking again.
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As Utah pushes to contain the coronavirus between mass vaccination sites and widespread testing to find and stop outbreaks, itâs putting into operation more TestUtah sites run by Nomi Health.
An analysis by The Salt Lake Tribune shows that each test conducted by TestUtah costs more than double the cost of similar tests performed by public agencies â and more than many tests in hospitals.
In January, for example, the state enlisted
Orem-based Nomi Health to run 18 TestUtah sites around the state for at least $2,500 per day per site, based on figures in Nomiâs contract, with adjustments for sites that werenât open the entire month. There also were five âsprinter vanâ mobile sites, each costing $125,000; a per-test fee of $8 to $13; and $32,000 for a TestUtah call center and the TestUtah.com website.
Utah is using testing and tracing to bat cleanup against new coronavirus outbreaks while cases drop and the number of vaccinated residents grows. Gov. Spencer Cox is urging Utahns to get tested.