Clinical and surgical applications of smart glasses.
Technol Health Care
; 23(4): 381-401, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
With the increased efforts to adopt health information technology in the healthcare field, many innovative devices have emerged to improve patient care, increase efficiency, and decrease healthcare costs. A recent addition is smart glasses web-connected glasses that can present data onto the lenses and record images or videos through a front-facing camera.OBJECTIVE:
In this article, we review the most salient uses of smart glasses in healthcare, while also denoting their limitations including practical capabilities and patient confidentiality.METHODS:
Using keywords including, but not limited to, ``smart glasses'', ``healthcare'', ``evaluation'', ``privacy'', and ``development'', we conducted a search on Ovid-MEDLINE, PubMed, and Google Scholar. A total of 71 studies were included in this review.RESULTS:
Smart glasses have been adopted into the healthcare setting with several useful applications including, hands-free photo and video documentation, telemedicine, Electronic Health Record retrieval and input, rapid diagnostic test analysis, education, and live broadcasting.CONCLUSIONS:
In order for the device to gain acceptance by medical professionals, smart glasses will need to be tailored to fit the needs of medical and surgical sub-specialties. Future studies will need to qualitatively assess the benefits of smart glasses as an adjunct to the current health information technology infrastructure.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Interface Usuário-Computador
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Telemedicina
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Internet
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Tipo de estudo:
Systematic_reviews
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article