By
Lanee’ Blunt
Octovis,
Inc. a Nashville-based company is testing possible applications to make Google
Glass more efficient for doctors and nurses. There have been other companies
applying for opportunities in Google Glass healthcare, also.
Some people had said that nurses and doctors wearing glass could be more of a distraction, and have complained that it looks cyborg-ish.
This
technology would make it easier for nurses to access patient information, and access
the right dosage of every medication. With Glass writing notes in charts by
hand or entering information on patients into a computer would be obsolete.
It
will simplify an emergency room visit because of the information that glass
could collect, such as MRI’s, and not have to excuse herself from helping a
patient to collect the information.
Nurses
would be able to benefit by not having to stop working on a patient just to
access information that they need, and could answer the phone quickly if their
hands are gloved and dirty without having to use a cell phone. Nurses can text
and receive updates on the screen.
Nurses
must collect a lot of information about the patient by hand and then must
transfer that information to a computer. This can simplify the interaction with
patients and the amount of time that it takes to collect information.
Octovis
is developing software that can help nurses and doctors during surgical
procedures-by allowing them to access CAT scan screens and other patient images
at the surgical table.
Google
Glass is available in prescription frames, and the cost is about $1,500.00.
