WILLIAMSBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Index AR Solutions, a leading provider of enterprise Augmented Reality (AR) applications, announced today it has partnered with Riverside Health System to create AR apps that will help keep patients safe while making it easier for hospital workers to do their jobs.
The first app being developed uses AR and other visual technologies on a tablet to help medical technicians visualize, more quickly learn and easily follow the manual step-by-step process for cleaning a popular type of endoscope used in an estimated half-million gastrointestinal medical procedures each year.
Among other uses, endoscopes provide a less invasive way than traditional surgery to perform potentially life-saving procedures to diagnose and treat medical problems.
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Proper cleaning and reprocessing of reusable endoscope devices is critical to preventing the transmission of infectious agents from one patient to another, a concern that has garnered attention from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The first-of-its-kind app developed by Index and Riverside will help assure proper cleaning of the endoscope by giving workers precise, easy-to-follow “step by step” instructions through AR and imagery that is overlaid on the actual endoscope device or displayed in 3D imagery. Helpful safety warnings, 3D animations, short videos and written instructions are also built into the app, presented to users in the context of corresponding steps.
The app will also streamline recordkeeping, enabling managers to automatically log user activity to ensure that all steps were completed and performed within expected parameters. For example, a step performed in five seconds that typically takes 20 seconds can be flagged for follow-up.
Additional benefits are expected in the form of increased job satisfaction, as workers are able to more quickly master tedious tasks using the modern devices to which they are accustomed, and a reduction in the time it takes to train new workers.
“While Riverside Health System has not experienced issues related to the cleaning and reprocessing of reusable endoscope devices, this is an issue that has caught the attention of the medical community, the public and the press,” said James Lesnick, M.D., a neurosurgeon and current Senior Vice President for Business and Venture Development at Riverside Health System. “As medical practitioners, it is our responsibility to always look for ways to improve patient care and here, with Index AR Solutions, we believe we have found a way to bring the power of AR technology to bear in hospitals across the U.S. to benefit patients and technicians alike.”
