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How Google Glass could support patients with diabetes mellitus in daily life
Christian Hetterich1, Monika Pobiruchin1, Martin Wiesner1
1Dept. of Medical Informatics, Heilbronn University, Germany.
Abstract:
Even long before it was published, many people regarded Google Glass as a Swiss army knife for nearly every task. There are some fields of application in which the best known wearable device could simplify daily life, such as car navigation or reading recipes. But does this also apply for medicine and health care? This paper will at first explain what Google Glass is and how it works. Afterwards, diabetes mellitus (DM), is discussed. Moreover, we try to answer the question whether a Glass-like device could support and improve people with DM. Therefore, several use cases for Glass-enabled chronic disease care are outlined.
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