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While the usage of digital systems in the medical sector has increased, nursing activities are still mostly performed without any form of digital assistance. Considering the complex and demanding procedures the medical personnel is confronted with, a high task load is expected which is prone to human errors. Solutions, however, need to match staff requirements and ideally involve them in the development process to ensure acceptance and usage. Based on desired application scenarios, we introduce a concept of an augmented reality (AR)-based patient data application that provides context-relevant information for nursing staff and doctors. Developed for the Hololens 2, the application allows the retrieval and synchronization of the patient data from the host network of the respective hospital information system. For this purpose, a system infrastructure consisting of several software components was developed to simulate the exchange between the AR device and the independent hospital environment. The paper outlines the conceptual approach based on requirements collected from nurses, related work, the technical implementation and discusses limitations and future developments.
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The presented work is partly supported by the PARCURA project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany. The authors thank Stefan Geisler, Nils Malzahn, Veronica Schwarze, Pasquale Hinrichs, and Dustin Keßler for comments in the development process and reviews of earlier versions of the manuscript. Presentation of this work is funded by the initiative for quality improvement in teaching of the Institute of Computer Science.
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Di Dia, A., Riebner, T., Arntz, A., Eimler, S.C. (2022). Augmented-Reality-Based Real-Time Patient Information for Nursing. In: Yamamoto, S., Mori, H. (eds) Human Interface and the Management of Information: Applications in Complex Technological Environments. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13306. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06509-5_14
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