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Improving Health Care Processes by Smart Glasses – Opportunities and Perils

MIE 2014, Istanbul

Dipl.-Inform. Med. Monika Pobiruchin

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Smart Glasses

• Head-mounted displays have become popular in the

industry

• Already introduced in 1968 by Ivan Sutherland
• Rapid development in the field of sensors and

miniaturization -> smart glasses are ready for consumer market

31.08.2014 Heilbronn University, Medical Informatics, monika.pobiruchin@hs-heilbronn.de Seite 2 A Head-Mounted Three Dimensional Display," pp. 757-764 in Proceedings of the Fall Joint Computer

• Conference. AFIPS Press,

Montvale, N.J

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… some few Examples

31.08.2014 Heilbronn University, Medical Informatics, monika.pobiruchin@hs-heilbronn.de Seite 3 Live streaming of a surgery at Radboud UMC Reshape & Innovation Center. U.-V. Albrecht, U. von Jan, J. Kuebler, C. Zoeller, M. Lacher, O. J. Muensterer, M. Ettinger, M. Klintschar, and

• L. Hagemeier, “Google glass for documentation of

medical findings: Evaluation in forensic medicine,” Journal of medical Internet research, vol. 16, no. 2, 2014.

• S. Feng, R. Caire, B. Cortazar, M. Turan, A. Wong, and A. Ozcan,

“Immunochromatographic diagnostic test analysis using google glass,” ACS nano, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 3069–3079, 2014.

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… and for Patients?

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• D. Wall, W. Ray, R. D. Pathak, and S. M. Lin, “A google glass

application to support shoppers with dietary management of diabetes,” Journal of diabetes science and technology, p. 1932296814543288, 2014. Google Glass Connects Breastfeeding Moms With Lactation Help Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1224638/google-glass-connects- breastfeeding-moms-with-lactation-help/#AFLOovy7hPCmFJUl.99

• A. D. Hwang and E. Peli, “An augmented-reality edge enhancement

application for google glass,” Optometry & Vision Science, vol. 91, no. 8,

• pp. 1021–1030, 2014.

Wiesner, M, Pobiruchin M, Hetterich C, Pfeifer D. “ GlassAllergy: A Google Glass-based Solution to Empower Patients with Skin Allergies“

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Perils & Open Issues

• Distraction
• Patients might not feel addressed or taken seriously by

physicians or nurses.

• Surveillance
• Patients do not know if pictures are taken or video material is

recorded.

• Sensitive data might be transferred to other persons or cloud

storage located outside the medical facility.

• Usability
• Battery power and overheating.

31.08.2014 Heilbronn University, Medical Informatics, monika.pobiruchin@hs-heilbronn.de Seite 5

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Conclusion

• Despite promising ideas and protoypes for the usage of

smart glasses in health care there are social and technical issues which must not be neglected.

• Future research should include a full evaluation of

such aspects!

31.08.2014 Heilbronn University, Medical Informatics, monika.pobiruchin@hs-heilbronn.de Seite 6

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Discussion

31.08.2014 Heilbronn University, Medical Informatics, monika.pobiruchin@hs-heilbronn.de Slide 7

Questions...

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