Back to robots and health care. This time with video. Not much of it comforting (to me). via The New York Times

The Senate Finance Committee's #GrahamCassidy hearing has been postponed so that those directly impacted by the bill can be ejected. pic.twitter.com/pULTDYkuce

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) September 25, 2017

This woman in a wheel chair is being dragged out of the healthcare hearing on the Hill. https://t.co/XKeeJnMt22

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) September 25, 2017

Protestors being removed one-by-one. pic.twitter.com/HZPPYI3nrj

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) September 25, 2017

The one "hearing" the Republicans have allowed on the Graham-Cassidy bill is underway. I'm sure we'll all be better off if they actually pass this thing.

Eating chocolate may help prevent a fairly common heart problem https://t.co/oWk7MCArXM

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 27, 2017

How Redesigning The Abrasive Alarms Of Hospital Soundscapes Can Save Lives https://t.co/KZNTRnhr2H
cc @chris_bonafide #design pic.twitter.com/dg6HaG9NeW

— Doctor as Designer (@joyclee) April 7, 2017

Oh, yes. Much success to this effort. (Just reading about it fills my imagination with ideas of floors resonating to Brian-Eno-like sounds.)

It's hard to notice everyday things that are designed well — until they aren't there anymore. Exhibit A: this prescription bottle. pic.twitter.com/zj2eazay3J

— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 21, 2017

I welcome the news that medical teams are looking for new ways to integrate iPhones and iPads into their care for hospital patients and to provide their patients with better information, but the first of the photos that accompany this article made me think more than a little. If hospitals really want to use these devices they've got a more fundamental problem to work on first. They've got to provide a simpler way to charge the devices and stow them securely. Tablets and phones have been both a convenience and a help to me on a few hospital stays, but it has been a nuisance to keep them running and out of the way when they're not being used.