The fascination that AR sparks as a digital health technology is a result of the potential applications that this technology has in making healthcare interactive.
FREMONT, CA: Advanced applications of augmented reality are about to revolutionize the healthcare industry. As the lines between the real and the virtual begin to blur, healthcare providers will experience the unique advantages of AR and get to leverage the technology to provide better services. AR technology involves the virtual projection of objects or information as digital overlays. The overlays might have several implications in the domain of healthcare. As the industry prepares to embrace AR, here are a few futuristic applications that can add a lot of value to medical diagnostics, treatment, and care by making the processes interactive.
• A Medium for Better Communication
During diagnosis, healthcare providers have to communicate with the patients to ascertain the medical conditions. Sometimes, the lack of shared mediums of communication disallows patients from stating their symptoms. This could lead to a partial conveyance of information or miscommunication as well. In either case, the result could be fatal. Using AR technology will allow doctors to communicate better with patients. Patients can easily express themselves by using AR visualizations, resulting in faster and better diagnosis.
• Assistance for Doctors During Surgeries
Surgery assistance is one of the most vital and valuable applications of AR technology in the medical field. AR can impact surgeries in several ways. Doctors can easily obtain critical assistance from AR technology during surgeries. There have been AR solutions that also empower doctors to visualize minimally invasive surgeries in real-time, resulting in highly accurate operations. A 3D reconstruction of a tumor that is to be operated can give doctors a scope for higher precision.
• Accurate Depiction of Veins and Nerves
The probability of finding a vein for IVs has always been a spot of bother for nurses. With AR technology, it becomes easier for nurses and doctors to visualize and locate veins in a patient's body. By using AR scanners, a patient's veins can be projected onto the skin. This makes it easier to give IVs to patients without missing the vein.
Thus, healthcare providers, as well as patients, are likely to experience better services as augmented reality makes healthcare interactive, and therefore effective.
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