While Google Glass struggles to be accepted by the public as a whole, the device sits very comfortably in hospitals across America. The device has been found to be quite useful when it comes to different things in medical professions. Surgeons are using it to live stream, doctors are using it to fill out patient records, and it has even been used to take hospitalized children on virtual zoo tours. It could easily be said that Google Glass is quite the hit in the medical world. And, due to recent developments with Pristine, you could easily say that the fascination with and usage of Google Glass is only going to become more prominent in hospitals and medical professions.

Pristine, a startup company, received $5.4 million dollars in funding for a Google Glass app that they developed. Now, I’m pretty sure we can all agree that $5.4 million dollars is a fat stack of cash. So, what exactly does Pristine’s app do?

Well, the app allows medical professionals to live stream video and get help from other medical professionals around the world. People can use the app to live stream to colleagues or other people to get second opinions among other things. The app was designed not to store any of the video streams, and Pristine was able to obtain HIPAA compliance because of that.

A streaming app doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, but Pristine sees their app being pretty useful. The app could help in areas where there is a shortage of doctors. They also think that Google Glass and their app might one day replace camera carts and “Robot Nurses” that do the same thing, but cost around a hundred times more.

Not only is Pristine and Google Glass cheaper than Robot Nurses and Camera carts, but it’s also a better service overall. Pristine charges a monthly service fee for the usage of their app and provides clients with Google Glass as part of that service. Not only do they provide Google Glass, but they also upgrade clients to newer models when they come out … for free. That’s a pretty awesome deal. Currently, they have 20 paying clients who are already exploring their service.

With all these new medical-related apps coming out and all these big investments flying around, I can’t see Google Glass not becoming more popular than it already is in the medical world. It’s definitely going to be interesting to see how smart glasses affect medical professions over the next few years.

So, what are your thoughts on this news? Do you think smart glasses are going to eventually become a common tool in the medical world? Feel free to share your thoughts with us in the comments section down below!

Source: VentureBeat