Mixed Reality and Medicine: Virtual Practice Makes Perfect
Mixed reality is becoming an increasingly useful tool for surgeons, but can it also help to train the next generation of doctors?
Is Mixed Reality the Future of the Healthcare Industry?
Mixed Reality makes it possible for surgeons to perform an operation on a patient thousands of miles away. It makes it possible for nurses to hone their skills and perform hundreds of operations virtually before even touching a patient. Mixed Reality is making the impossible possible. Mixed Reality combines the real world with the virtual …
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Protecting healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic with new technologies
Acceptability, feasibility and impact of the HoloLens2™ mixed reality headset across multiple clinical settings The COVID-19 pandemic has led to rapid acceleration in the deployment of new digital technologies to improveboth accessibility and quality of care, and to protect staff. This pilot project sought to deploy the HoloLens2™ mixed reality (MR) device to support the …
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Interprofessional Communication of Physicians Using WhatsApp: Physicians’ Perspective
Interprofessional communication using Facebook®, Snapchat®, Instagram®, and WhatsApp® has become a reality that is shaping our future. However, studies evaluating the dimensions of this use in the medical field are scarce and proper guidelines have not yet been established. This highlights the importance of exploring the wide range of using such common communication tools in …
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Impact of the Use of a WhatsApp-based Group Chat for Sharing Emergency Department Access-Block Data on Overcrowding and Census in a Low-Resource Emergency Department in Kigali, Rwanda
In Low & Middle Income Countries (LMICs), hospitals often face serious communication issues that threaten to paralyze the process of healthcare provision. Using WhatsApp-based Group Chat for sharing the real-time caseloads, the number of patients boarding the emergency room has significantly improved. Authors: Menelas Nkeshimana1, 2, Christine Uwineza1, Amelia Y Pousson3, Giles N Cattermole2, 4 Affiliations:
WhatsApp in hospital? An empirical investigation of individual and organizational determinants to use
The increasing use of messaging applications such as WhatsApp for both social and personal purposes has determined an increase in the widespread use of these technologies, even in healthcare.Anna De Benedictis, Emanuele Lettieri, Cristina Masella, Luca Gastaldi, Giordana Macchini, Camilla Santu, Daniela TartagliniPublished: January 11, 2019