Prochaska Micah T, Press Valerie G, Meltzer David O, Arora Vineet M
Micah T. Prochaska, MD, MS, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 5000, Chicago, IL 60637, Email:
Appl Clin Inform. 2016 Oct 12;7(4):946-953. doi: 10.4338/ACI-2016-06-LE-0094.
Wearable face-mounted computers such as Google Glass™ , Microsoft HoloLens™, and Oculus' Rift, are increasingly being tested in hospital care. These devices challenge social etiquette, raise privacy issues, and may disrupt the intimacy of the doctor patient relationship. We aimed to determine patients' perception of and their privacy concerns with an archetype of wearable face-mounted computer devices, Google Glass.
Hospitalized inpatients were asked about their familiarity with Glass, how comfortable they would be and if they would be concerned about privacy if their physician wore Glass, if the use of Glass would affect their trust in their physician, and if they would want their physician to wear Glass if it improved their care.
Most (73%) respondents were unfamiliar with Glass, though 64% would be comfortable if their doctor wore Glass. Under half (46%) of respondents were concerned about privacy with the use of Glass. Seventy-six percent (76%) of respondents stated their doctor wearing Glass would not affect their trust in their doctor. Patients concerned about their privacy were less likely to trust their doctor if their doctor wore Glass (17% vs. 0%, p<0.01). Sixty-five percent (65%) of respondents would want their doctor to wear Glass if it improved their care.
Most patients appear open to and would want their doctor to use face-mounted wearable computers such as Glass, even when unfamiliar with this technology. While some patients expressed concerns about privacy, patients were much less concerned about wearable technologies affecting the trust they have in their physician.
诸如谷歌眼镜™、微软全息透镜™和Oculus Rift等可穿戴式头戴计算机正越来越多地在医院护理中进行测试。这些设备对社交礼仪构成挑战，引发隐私问题，并且可能会破坏医患关系的亲密性。我们旨在确定患者对可穿戴式头戴计算机设备原型谷歌眼镜的看法及其隐私担忧。
询问住院患者对谷歌眼镜的熟悉程度、如果他们的医生佩戴谷歌眼镜他们会有多自在以及是否会担心隐私问题、谷歌眼镜的使用是否会影响他们对医生的信任，以及如果谷歌眼镜能改善他们的护理，他们是否希望医生佩戴。
大多数（73%）受访者不熟悉谷歌眼镜，不过64%的人表示如果他们的医生佩戴谷歌眼镜他们会感到自在。不到一半（46%）的受访者担心使用谷歌眼镜会涉及隐私问题。76%的受访者表示他们的医生佩戴谷歌眼镜不会影响他们对医生的信任。担心隐私问题的患者如果医生佩戴谷歌眼镜则不太可能信任医生（17%对0%，p<0.01）。65%的受访者表示如果谷歌眼镜能改善他们的护理，他们希望医生佩戴。
大多数患者似乎对医生使用诸如谷歌眼镜之类的头戴式可穿戴计算机持开放态度并且希望医生使用，即使他们不熟悉这项技术。虽然一些患者表达了对隐私的担忧，但患者对可穿戴技术影响他们对医生信任的担忧要少得多。
