Digital Innovation in Healthcare: Business Case Analysis Report

This report examines digital innovation in the healthcare sector, specifically focusing on the implementation of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies. It begins with an overview of existing technologies and trends, highlighting the integration of technology in healthcare, such as remote monitoring applications. The report then delves into AR and VR, explaining their functionalities and applications within the medical field. It identifies various problem statements and potential benefits of adopting these technologies, including improved patient interaction, enhanced diagnostic capabilities, and patient education through AR, as well as the use of VR for medical training. The report also explores the use of AR for assisting medical professionals and the use of VR in healthcare for diagnosis and treatment. Finally, it provides recommendations and conclusions, emphasizing the importance of adapting to technological advancements in healthcare to improve services and address current issues. The report references several sources to support its findings.

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Digital Innovation
Augmented and Virtual Reality in Healthcare
8/9/2017
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Table of Contents
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................3
Existing Technology and Trends.................................................................................................................3
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.......................................................................................................3
Problem Statements and Benefits................................................................................................................3
Recommendations & Conclusions...............................................................................................................4
References...................................................................................................................................................5

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Overview
Technology has become an integral element in every business sector. Healthcare is one industry
that has witnessed and enhanced application of technology. ABC is a healthcare organization that
is a start-up and works in the areas of providing health services to the community members. It
primarily works with the senior citizens to enable them to experience easy and advanced health
services.
Existing Technology and Trends
ABC is a healthcare organization that is making use of the traditional medical practices with the
amalgamation of technology. For instance, there are applications that are being used in the
organization to provide remote and tele-health monitoring services to the patients. However,
there are issues such as difficulty to provide the health services to the increased amount of
patients due to limited staff members, use of obsolete practices in certain areas and likewise.
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
Augmented reality is also referred as the computer-mediated reality that provides a live direct or
indirect image and view of the real-data. The elements in this case are augmented with the aid of
computer generated sensory inputs (Mackay, 2011).
Virtual reality on the other hand is a technology that makes use of virtual reality headsets in
order to generate the images and other content that is not real (Vrs, 2017).
Problem Statements and Benefits
There are currently many issues that are associated with the organization to improve upon the
health services that are provided to the patients in terms of ease of services, advanced health
solutions etc.
These problems can be solved by the use and application of augmented and virtual reality. The
following benefits may be provided as a result:

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 The medical professionals and team members may use the virtual systems to interact with
the distant patients in an interactive environment (Carson, 2015).
 These technologies may also be used in the process of diagnostics for faster results.
 Augmented technology may be used to provide health education to the patients to adopt
healthy practices. The common health issues and their solutions may also be provided
through the medium (Augmentedrealitytrends, 2014).
 The technology may be used by the medical team members for looking in the veins of the
patients to extract the blood which may be difficult otherwise with the senior citizens.
 There are devices that have been invented using augmented reality to enhance vision and
other imparities.
Recommendations & Conclusions
There are various technological advancements that have taken place in the recent times. These
advancements are required to be analyzed and shall be adapted as per the necessity of an
organization. In case of the ABC organization, the use of technologies such as augmented reality
and virtual reality can result in numerous benefits and resolution of the issues that are present.
There are tools and devices that have been developed with the aid of augmented and virtual
realities to make sure that the medical and healthcare industry experiences and involve latest
elements of technology in all of its activities.

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References
Augmentedrealitytrends (2014). Role of Augmented Reality in Medical Industry. [online]
Augmented Reality Trends. Available at: http://www.augmentedrealitytrends.com/augmented-
reality/medical-augmented-reality.html [Accessed 9 Aug. 2017].
Carson, E. (2015). 6 cool uses for augmented reality in healthcare. [online] TechRepublic.
Available at: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/6-cool-uses-for-augmented-reality-in-
healthcare/ [Accessed 9 Aug. 2017].
Mackay, W. (2011). Augmented Reality: Linking real and virtual worlds A new paradigm for
interacting with computers. [online] Available at:
https://www.lri.fr/~mackay/pdffiles/AVI98.AugmentedReality.pdf [Accessed 9 Aug. 2017].
Vrs (2017). Virtual Reality in Healthcare - Virtual Reality Society. [online] Virtual Reality
Society. Available at: https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality-healthcare/ [Accessed 9 Aug. 2017].