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Smart goggles trialled in the NHS
Community nurses on home visits will wear high-tech goggles to free up time with patients.
With the patient's consent, the virtual reality style headset will transcribe the appointment directly to electronic records, with the aim to reduce admin for nurses. It is estimated that community nurses spend more than half their day filling out forms and manually inputting data.
Staff will also be able to get a second opinion, by sharing the live footage directly with hospital colleagues. The will reduce the need for further appointments and hospital admission.
The trial will take place in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole. The Trust has been awarded £400,000 to test the technology.
NHS director for transformation Dr Tim Ferris said: “Some of the best innovations come from local solutions and so through this project, NHS staff can test what works for them and what provides the best possible care for patients.
“These new smart glasses are the latest pioneering tech and really show us what the future of the NHS could look like – they are a win-win for staff and patients alike, freeing up time consuming admin for nurses, meaning more time for patient care”.
Clinical nurse specialist Becky Birchall said her team were thrilled to be the first in the country to take them on community visits.
Becky said: “We’re so excited to be the first NHS team in England to try the smart glasses out and can’t wait to take them out on our community visits to see our patients.
“We currently spend a considerable amount of time writing up our visits to patients and these cutting-edge goggles will really help to cut down the time we need to keep for admin, supporting us to care for our patients. The glasses have a thermal imaging feature, which I think will be particularly useful for us when we are examining wounds and these features are going to really help us provide the best possible care for our patients”.
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