Iristick, leading supplier of industrial and medical smart glasses announced the launch of Microsoft Teams video conferencing solution on their products. Fully optimized for use with voice commands, ‘Microsoft Teams on Iristick helps healthcare professionals improve patient outcome and reduce costs by enabling hands-free remote surgical assistance, teleconsultations, remote proctoring, tele-rounding, and virtual diagnoses.
In the past couple of years, the healthcare industry had to quickly adapt to changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and utilize digital solutions, such as telemedicine or virtual consultations. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a 154% increase in telehealth utilisation when the first lockdowns started in March 2020[1] and the telemedicine market is still predicted to rise to over $397 billion USD by 2027[2].
Iristick smart glasses have been used by professionals in the healthcare industry for teleconsultations, remote surgical procedure assistance and remote proctoring and training since the company was founded in 2016. Now, the Iristick.H1 and Iristick.G2 PRO products are also available with the widely used Microsoft Teams video conferencing software.
The ‘Microsoft Teams on Iristick solution provides a convenient, easy-to-use, and comprehensive service through which healthcare professionals can conduct virtual consultations and meetings, completely hands-free so that they can work with their hands while having the calls. Fully optimized for voice commands, ‘Microsoft Teams on Iristick allows surgeons to receive hands-free surgical procedure assistance from a remote peer, superior or clinical product specialist while working in the operating room. During a call, they can live stream, take and share pictures, control the camera view and zoom in for details using voice commands.
‘Microsoft Teams on Iristick also provides a great tool for remote proctoring and learning. The results: increased knowledge transfer in the OR leading to higher productivity, safety, and better patient outcome.
‘‘Incorporating XR technology like smart glasses into healthcare operations has the potential to address key challenges in the sector, such as infrastructure challenges, labour shortages or the trend towards outpatient care. By enabling telemedicine, virtual consultations and remote surgical procedure assistance, smart glasses can help reduce pressure on the workforce and allow for improved patient outcome, as well as better and faster diagnoses. In the long run, these innovative technologies can help establish a healthcare system that is more affordable and accessible to everyone.’’ said Bart Verreydt, Chief Commercial Officer at Iristick.
‘‘Extended Reality and smart glasses are an undeniable part of digital health and Industry 4.0, the smart factories of tomorrow. Leveraging these technologies and their remote assistance solutions will help companies and healthcare providers gain competitive advantages and provide them with a better chance to position themselves at the forefront of their respective industries. With Microsoft Azure we significantly simplify the integration of intelligent technology at scale and reduce the time to market for companies like Iristick.” said Joris Aeles, Azure Business Group Lead, Microsoft.
For more information, visit Iristick’s website.
[1] Healthcaretransformers.com, 2021. https://healthcaretransformers.com/digital-health/future-of-telehealth/
[2] Fortune Business Insights, 2021. https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/industry-reports/telemedicine-market-101067
