TY - JOUR
T1 - Accuracy of remote electrocardiogram interpretation with the use of google glass technology
AU - Jeroudi, Omar M.
AU - Christakopoulos, George
AU - Christopoulos, George
AU - Kotsia, Anna
AU - Kypreos, Megan A.
AU - Rangan, Bavana V.
AU - Banerjee, Subhash
AU - Brilakis, Emmanouil S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors Drs. Jeroudi, Christakopoulos, Christopoulos, Kotsia, and Rangan and Ms. Kypreos have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Banerjee received research grant from Boston Scientific and The Medicines Company ; serves as a consultant and/or speaker for Gilead, St. Jude, Cordis, Boehringer Ingerheim, Sanofi, and Medtronic; has ownership in Mdcare Global (spouse); and intellectual property in HygeiaTel. Dr. Brilakis received research grant from Guerbet ; honoraria and/or speaker fees from Sanofi, Janssen, St. Jude Medical, Terumo, Asahi, Somahlution, Elsevier, Abbott Vascular, and Boston Scientific; and his spouse is an employee of Medtronic.
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PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - We sought to investigate the accuracy of remote electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation using Google Glass (Google, Mountain View, California). Google Glass is an optical head mounted display device with growing applications in medicine. We compared interpretation of 10 ECGs with 21 clinically important findings by faculty and fellow cardiologists by (1) viewing the electrocardiographic image at the Google Glass screen; (2) viewing a photograph of the ECG taken using Google Glass and interpreted on a mobile device; (3) viewing the original paper ECG; and (4) viewing a photograph of the ECG taken with a high-resolution camera and interpreted on a mobile device. One point was given for identification of each correct finding. Subjective rating of the user experience was also recorded. Twelve physicians (4 faculty and 8 fellow cardiologists) participated. The average electrocardiographic interpretation score (maximum 21 points) as viewed through the Google Glass, Google Glass photograph on a mobile device, on paper, and high-resolution photograph on a mobile device was 13.5 ± 1.8, 16.1 ± 2.6, 18.3 ± 1.7, and 18.6 ± 1.5, respectively (p = 0.0005 between Google Glass and mobile device, p = 0.0005 between Google Glass and paper, and p = 0.002 between mobile device and paper). Of the 12 physicians, 9 (75%) were dissatisfied with ECGs viewing on the prism display of Google Glass. In conclusion, further improvements are needed before Google Glass can be reliably used for remote electrocardiographic analysis.
AB - We sought to investigate the accuracy of remote electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation using Google Glass (Google, Mountain View, California). Google Glass is an optical head mounted display device with growing applications in medicine. We compared interpretation of 10 ECGs with 21 clinically important findings by faculty and fellow cardiologists by (1) viewing the electrocardiographic image at the Google Glass screen; (2) viewing a photograph of the ECG taken using Google Glass and interpreted on a mobile device; (3) viewing the original paper ECG; and (4) viewing a photograph of the ECG taken with a high-resolution camera and interpreted on a mobile device. One point was given for identification of each correct finding. Subjective rating of the user experience was also recorded. Twelve physicians (4 faculty and 8 fellow cardiologists) participated. The average electrocardiographic interpretation score (maximum 21 points) as viewed through the Google Glass, Google Glass photograph on a mobile device, on paper, and high-resolution photograph on a mobile device was 13.5 ± 1.8, 16.1 ± 2.6, 18.3 ± 1.7, and 18.6 ± 1.5, respectively (p = 0.0005 between Google Glass and mobile device, p = 0.0005 between Google Glass and paper, and p = 0.002 between mobile device and paper). Of the 12 physicians, 9 (75%) were dissatisfied with ECGs viewing on the prism display of Google Glass. In conclusion, further improvements are needed before Google Glass can be reliably used for remote electrocardiographic analysis.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.11.008
DO - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.11.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 25482681
AN - SCOPUS:84920697926
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 115
SP - 374
EP - 377
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -