When Google opened up its Glass explorer program they received a lot of applications by people who wanted to splash out $1500 and get a chance to use Google Glass. Some of those applications were by doctors all over the world.
Steve Horng is an emergency physician who uses Google Glass in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s emergency department. He is using a heavily modified version of Google Glass alongside other doctors in that hospital as a part of a special experimental project. “Emergency medicine is a very information-intensive specialty where even small nuggets of information available immediately really matter. Having information one minute earlier can actually be quite life-saving.” says Dr. Horng who is in charge of that whole project.
They use a modified version of Google Glass which doesn’t have any social media features and is locked on hospital’s Wi-Fi network. Some medical uses for Google Glass:
- scanning a QR code when entering a patient’s room, after which the doctor gets patient’s medical records on Glass’ screen
- looking up patient’s files hands-free in critical situations
- communicating with other doctors without the need of reaching for your phone or anything of the sort
- video while having surgery is an another option they’re considering but that’s off the table for now because of privacy concerns, according to the 1st person who used Glass during open surgery, Rafael Grossman, a surgeon from Bangor
Doctors agree on one thing, Google Glass can be a useful tool in medicine but there’s a lot of room for improvement. Battery is just one problem on Glass they say. What do you think? Can Google’s smartglasses be (more) useful in the future and will technology like that make doctors more efficient?
SOURCE: The Economic Times
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