ArticleJMIR mHealth and uHealth2019
Increasing Completion Rate and Benefits of Checklists: Prospective Evaluation of Surgical Safety Checklists With Smart Glasses.
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- Utility of optical see-through head mounted displays in augmented reality-assisted surgery: A systematic review.Medical image analysis · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of Smart Glasses on Patient Care Time in Emergency Medical Services Ambulance.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2023Article
- Applications and User Perceptions of Smart Glasses in Emergency Medical Services: Semistructured Interview Study.JMIR human factors · 2022Article
- Compliance with the Surgery Safety Checklist: An Update on the Status.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022Article
- Google Glass-Supported Cooperative Training for Health Professionals: A Case Study Based on Using Remote Desktop Virtual Support.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
- Comparing Computed Tomography-Derived Augmented Reality Holograms to a Standard Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Viewer for Presurgical Planning: Feasibility Study.JMIR perioperative medicine · 2020Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundStudies have demonstrated that surgical safety checklists (SSCs) can significantly reduce surgical complications and mortality rates. Such lists rely on traditional posters or paper, and their contents are generic regarding the type of surgery being performed. SSC completion rates and uniformity of content have been reported as modest and widely variable.
objectiveThis study aimed to investigate the feasibility and potential of using smart glasses in the operating room to increase the benefits of SSCs by improving usability through contextualized content and, ideally, resulting in improved completion rates.
methodsWe prospectively evaluated and compared 80 preoperative time-out events with SSCs at a major academic medical center between June 2016 and February 2017. Participants were assigned to either a conventional checklist approach (poster, memory, or both) or a smart glasses app running on Google Glass.
resultsFour different surgeons conducted 41 checklists using conventional methods (ie, memory or poster) and 39 using the smart glasses app. The average checklist completion rate using conventional methods was 76%. Smart glasses allowed a completion rate of up to 100% with a decrease in average checklist duration of 18%.
conclusionsCompared with alternatives such as posters, paper, and memory, smart glasses checklists are easier to use and follow. The glasses allowed surgeons to use contextualized time-out checklists, which increased the completion rate to 100% and reduced the checklist execution time and time required to prepare the equipment during surgical cases.
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