ER doctors use Google Glass and QR codes to identify patients | Ars Technica

A compelling Glass case study

"Beth Israel has been using the Glass application for three months and will make it available to all interested doctors this month. The hospital took its Emergency Department dashboard and integrated it with Glass, making sure to deploy "the same privacy safeguards as our existing web interface," Halamka wrote. "We replaced all the Google components on the devices so that no data travels over Google servers. All data stays within the BIDMC firewall."
A custom user interface takes advantage of Glass gestures such as tapping and swiping, scrolling by looking up and down, and voice commands. Information displays were simplified and re-organized to fit the doctors' view, and as such "Google Glass does not appear to be a replacement for desktop or iPad—it is a new medium best suited for retrieval of limited or summarized information," Halamka wrote. "Real-time updates and notifications is where Google Glass really differentiates itself. Paired with location services, the device can truly deliver actionable information to clinicians in real time.""

ER doctors use Google Glass and QR codes to identify patients | Ars Technica