Both AR and VR have an aptitude for changing healthcare for the better in the future, they just have different functions in it. In the case of AR, the use of technology in medicine and healthcare is basically a natural consequence of the technological development and data boom. Plenty of information, but also very specific kind of data has been flooding physicians for years. The paper format was changed for electronic health records (EHR), but the information flow remained very static so far. It must become more and more seamless and help the healing process. Patients' lives cannot depend on whether the doctor can access the latest and most relevant data – and AR can help us with it.
As data access and information processing technologies are already on an advanced level, the next step is to bring significant, even life-saving information into the doctors' field of vision.
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