Doctors at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have been piloting the use of Microsoft HoloLens to carry out ward rounds for patients with coronavirus.

By wearing the computer headset, the mixed-reality ward round means only one doctor has to enter the coronavirus ward.

During the ward rounds, the device sends a secure live video-feed to a computer screen in an room away from the ward, allowing healthcare professionals who would normally be physically present for the ward round to see everything the doctor treating the patients can see.

The headset enables the wearer to interact with ‘holograms’ made visible through the headset using just gestures and voice, which means the team outside the ward can also share medical notes, scans and x-rays via the headset for the doctor to see while with the patient.

Dr Louis Koizia, consultant physician and geriatrician at Imperial College Healthcare, said: “It has been great to see the impact using the HoloLens has had on both our patients and staff.

Source: www.digitalhealth.net