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\"NHSThis is a part of a series of posts about how the HoloLens and Dynamics 365 Remote Assist helps the NHS provide patient care. See the other blog posts here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Partnering with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust<\/a> has been particularly helpful for us to establish patient and clinical effectiveness for the HoloLens 2 and Dynamics 365 Remote Assist. It is a Top 10 global university committed to research excellence and operates five hospitals in London with 11,000 staff.<\/p>\n

In addition to helping to define the use cases, the team has helped to establish measurement approaches. These approaches have been used to support as we started to engage other NHS Trusts.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to recognise that this still at the beginning and early days but an important step forward.<\/p>\n

Initial use case focus for measuring effectiveness<\/h2>\n

The previous blog looked at defining and implementing Dynamics 365 Remote Assist use cases. Therefore, I\u2019m keen to reiterate the specific use cases that Imperial initially focussed on:<\/p>\n

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  1. Remote ward rounds to reduce COVID-19 exposure and PPE use: <\/strong>Rather than having multiple doctors and nurses pushing a computer around as they make decisions about patients, the Imperial team could send one physician wearing HoloLens. This means they can reduce the amount of doctors and nurses needed for single rounds whilst reducing the amount of PPE used.<\/li>\n
  2. Reduce contact: <\/strong>The doctor wearing the HoloLens no longer needed to touch a computer. This lessens the risk of unwittingly transmitting the virus and reduces the amount of extra cleaning or computer-specific protection equipment.<\/li>\n
  3. Increase access to patient information: <\/strong>With HoloLens you can remotely talk to team members or doctors, at the patient\u2019s bedside without them physically being in the same room. You can see and interact with any of that patient information virtually so you don\u2019t need to touch anything. You can even interact and manipulate those images in a heads-up view next to the patient.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Study methodology<\/h2>\n

    \"ATo measure patient and clinical effectiveness, the Imperial team collected data pertaining to the key outcomes of patient\u2019s safety, time exposed to COVID-19 positive environments, and PPE use. They have also collected qualitative data from staff related to how easy the technology is to use, and the perceived impact on care quality, communication and teamwork.<\/p>\n

    The Imperial team has recently submitted their research for peer-review. Here are their preliminary findings:<\/p>\n