Is Google Glass the Future of Healthcare?

An anesthesiologist arrives in an operating room and takes his patient's vital stats — body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.

Nothing out of the ordinary. But imagine if that was all done via Google Glass

Philips and Accenture teamed up to create a proof of concept, which is demonstrated in the video above. It shows how a doctor can obtain vital patient data using Glass

The benefits of such a system would provide a surgeon with improved mobility, enabling an increased focus on the patient, according to Philips. It could also be used for accessing a pre-surgery safety checklist, conducting first-person videoconferences with other medical personnel and recording surgeries for training purposes Read more...