Google Glass in Healthcare. Introduction. Google glass is a new revolutionary device in the technological world. Google glass goes another step in the mobile ...
Google Glass in Healthcare Introduction Google glass is a new revolutionary device in the technological world. Google glass goes another step in the mobile and smart phone world making everything hands free. It was developed by Google as an augmented reality Head Mounted Display device. The intended purpose of Project Glass products would be the handsfree displaying of information currently available to most smart phone users, and allowing for interaction with the Internet via natural language voice commands. With a technology like this, the applications can be endless when it comes to health sector, clinical and public both. It was developed as a wearable technology and thus, becomes an extension of the user’s mind or body.
different areas. The collected data can be analysed, compared and assessed without any systematic bias. Advantages •Easy to wear and use. •Sensitive and responsive •A useful technology for handicapped/disabled people
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Disadvantages •Can be easily broken or damaged. Users will have a tough time taking care of it. •May lead to accidents due to concentration on the data. •Privacy of people may breach with new glasses.
Problem in India Some major problems in our country regarding Google Glass is internet connectivity, invasion of privacy, price and lots of chances to face accident while during use of glasses with driving, walking, running etc. Use should be limited to specific areas like those mentioned above to curtail misuse.
Discussion Uses in health care setting: Google glass can be used in various ways in health care systems such as use in : Tele medicine Virtual dictation Emergency medical services communication Tele medicine in acute patient Surgical training of residents Improved visibility in the tight anatomical space during a surgical procedure Uses in public health setting One of the best public health applications of Google glass is during epidemics. During epidemics, patient load increases exponentially while the number of health care personnel remains the same. This may lead to loss of valuable data due to various reasons like incorrect data entry, missing data, mislabelled patient records etc. In this scenario, Google glass offers an accurate and handy way of data collection while the health care personnel can focus on health of the patients. Also, this is an efficient way of comparing data of the same epidemics that occurs in
Conclusion Google Glass is a revolution in many sector as well as in a health care sector and it is time to take a step forward towards evolution in health care with this glass. Cost is one of the major factor for this material as it is expensive, but if we considered its uses then we can conclude that we can save a lot of extra expenditure with it. Thus, overall it is cost effective for us. Currently, a lot of research is ongoing in India on the glasses to make it cost effective, and many other companies like Lenovo, Nexus etc. are also doing R&D work in this area. Aside from the cost, we can conclude that the applications for Google Glass in healthcare systems are endless. References: http://www.extremenetworks.com/how-google-glass-will-transformhealthcare/ http://www.smart-glasses.org/benefits-smart-glasses/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EyeTap http://www.techpark.net/2012/02/29/google-glasses-with-virtual-andaugmented-reality/ http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1601355 http://www.webmd.boots.com/eye-health/news/20120411/will-googleglasses-be-safe http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/04/08/google-project-glassessuccess-or-another-failure/#.UFMcL7LiaAA http://www.redmondpie.com/google-project-glass-gets-an-awesomeskydiving-demo-at-io-explorer-edition-up-for-pre-order-video/
