How Google Glass could transform doctor's visits

Imagine you’re at your doctor’s surgery. Your doctor listens to your concerns about an ache or complaint, then summons up your last five blood pressure results, makes notes and, checks whether a prescription might aggravate your allergy. All within the blink of an eye, and while looking you in the eye.

Ian Shakil’s company Augmedix, based in California, is piloting an application for Google Glass that could just do that. With the Augmendix app in Google’s heads-up display, a doctor could videotape a conversation with a patient and have the information automatically transferred to their medical records, or refer to past consultations.

Google Glass may be coming to your surgery soon. Could wearable tech help medical professionals give patients more attention and ultimately better medical care?