Samo Horvat
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About
Samo Horvat is an emerging researcher at the intersection of healthcare technology, human-robot interaction, and clinical informatics. His work focuses primarily on socially assistive humanoid robots, clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), and their integration into real-world hospital environments to address pressing challenges such as workforce shortages and population aging. Horvat's most influential contribution, a 2023 structural equation modeling study (16 citations), examined patients' and healthcare professionals' attitudes toward humanoid robots in nursing and care routines, providing critical empirical grounding for technology adoption in clinical settings. His 2022 randomized controlled trial (7 citations) broke new ground by evaluating the combined impact of CDSSs and the Pepper humanoid robot during grand rounds in pre- and post-operative care — one of the first studies of its kind in a live hospital context. More recently, Horvat has advanced interoperability standards, exploring HL7 FHIR integration within robot-assisted doctor visits, and has conducted randomized pilot studies assessing patient engagement and care quality outcomes. Though his citation profile is still growing, his research represents a pioneering effort to translate robotic and digital health technologies from laboratory settings into practical, measurable clinical applications.
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