TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jiang, Xinwei
AU  - Xia, Bangbo
AU  - Ansari, Mohammad Mostafa
AU  - Jiang, Huiquan
AU  - Qi, Jianjiang
AU  - Zhang, Zhongheng
AU  - Dai, Sheng
AU  - Zheng, Pingping
AU  - He, Yang
AU  - Liu, Ning
AU  - Chen, Pengpeng
AU  - Luo, Ronghua
AU  - Qin, Xuchang
AU  - Miao, Yansong
AU  - Dai, Junru
AU  - Zhou, Xiaoyu
AU  - Wang, Changliang
AU  - Chen, Hui
AU  - Xu, Wenbin
AU  - Wu, Tao
AU  - Shi, Qiang
AU  - Chen, Zhonghua
AU  - Zhou, Liping
AU  - Zhang, Hao
AU  - Xie, Yun
AU  - Zhang, Quan
AU  - Zhou, Bifa
AU  - Pan, Xiaohong
AU  - Chen, Zixi
AU  - Zhen, Libo
AU  - Sun, Yaqing
AU  - Lu, Zelin
AU  - Loh, Yihao
AU  - Sayer, Shameera
AU  - Mochtar, Jennifer
AU  - Wongpraewit, Pannika
AU  - Wang, Yifan
AU  - Hong, Yucai
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/6/30
TI  - Evaluating the Effectiveness of Smart Glasses in Reducing Patient Care Time in Emergency Departments: Cohort Study From the Hangzhou Asian Games
JO  - JMIR Form Res
SP  - e65617
VL  - 9
KW  - telemedicine
KW  - teleconsultation systems
KW  - emergency medicine
KW  - emergency care
KW  - patient care
KW  - multidisciplinary treatment
KW  - treatment
KW  - efficiency
KW  - smart glasses
KW  - augmented reality
KW  - wearable technology
KW  - wearable devices
KW  - EHR
KW  - electronic health record
KW  - retrospective study
KW  - effectiveness
KW  - Chinese population
KW  - Asia
KW  - Asian Games
AB  - Background: Challenges in emergency medicine include overcrowding, insufficient emergency care resources, and extended emergency department (ED) waiting times. These issues contribute to delays in treatment and unfavorable outcomes. This situation worsens in events with large crowds and particularly worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. The integration of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses could potentially enhance patient care in the ED. Objective: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of AR smart glasses in reducing patient care time in the ED during the 19th Asian Games and the Fourth Asian Para Games Hangzhou 2022 (HAG2022). The study specifically compares the prepreparation time (PPT) and consult response time (CRT) in patients receiving teleconsultations via AR smart glasses versus those receiving standard care without AR. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted between September 13, 2023, and October 28, 2023, during HAG2022. The data were gathered from AR smart glasses using 5G technology at the HAG2022 village and electronic health records at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, China. The study included 2 groups: the teleconsultation by augmented reality telemedicine system (ARTS) group and the non-ARTS group. The main data assessed were PPT and CRT in ED. Results: During the research period, 80 patients were divided into 2 cohorts: the ARTS cohort (n=10) and the non-ARTS cohort (n=70). Gender and age demographics showed no significant differences between the cohorts. The ARTS cohort had a significantly lower average PPT of 23 minutes compared to the non-ARTS cohort’s 40.3 minutes (P<.001). In addition, CRT in the ARTS cohort was significantly lower at 15.6 minutes compared to the non-ARTS cohort’s 164.8 minutes (P=.03). The outcomes suggest that smart glasses are effective in decreasing PPT and CRT. Conclusions: AR smart glasses have the potential to enhance patient admission efficiency and reduce care time in EDs. However, despite these benefits, further research is needed to confirm their effectiveness, and additional studies are essential to identify the challenges and barriers to their successful implementation in emergency medicine. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06623825; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06623825 
SN  - 2561-326X
UR  - https://formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e65617
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/65617
DO  - 10.2196/65617
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/65617
ER  -