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QR codes used through Google Glass wearing doctors for patient ID

03/17/201403/15/2014 Stephanie Beck

ER docs have been employing a custom medical app for the augmented reality glasses. A technology forward hospital in Boston, Beth Israel, has now developed a custom Google glass information retrieval system that gives its Emergency Department doctors the ability to scan QR codes posted on the wall of each of the rooms in order to be able to call up the information about the patients who are within those spaces. It remains a prototype for a new information system but it is currently being tested by the docs. The…

QR codes to adorn Oklahoma medical licenses

04/18/201304/17/2013 Jesse Collins

Medical licenses in Oklahoma will be the first to feature QR codes QR codes may be losing some grounds in some areas of marketing, but they are making up for it in the medical field. The codes are becoming increasingly common in hospitals and other medical care facilities because of their ability to provide access to concise health information for both patients and health care providers. The Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision has announced that it will be putting QR codes to use as on the medical…