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Smart glasses for EMS–physician communication
Pilot evaluation of smart glasses for communication workflow and task performance in prehospital care
International Journal of Medical Informatics · Added 27 July 2026
Smart glasses have the potential to enhance EMS-OLMC communication and improve completion of physician-guided critical tasks, though these benefits come with longer interactions.
- Study type
- Simulation
- Design
- Pilot randomised crossover simulation trial
- Participants
- 16 simulated EMS sessions across two US agencies
- Main finding
- Smart glasses improved completion of physician-guided critical tasks but significantly lengthened simulation and teleconsultation durations compared with phone (p<0.05)
- Caveat
- Small pilot simulation study, no patient outcomes
- Bottom line
- Hypothesis-generating
Learning goal
Understand how wearable teleconsultation technology affects task performance and consultation efficiency in prehospital care.
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- Topic: Operations & systems
- Daily scan: 27 July 2026
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