Immersive technologies as a solution for general data protection regulation in Europe and impact on the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Background: General data protection regulation (GDPR) provides rules according to which data should be managed and processed in a secure and appropriate way for patient requirements and security. Currently, everyone in Europe is covered by GDPR. Thus, the medical practice also requires access to patient data in a safe and secure way. Methods: Holographic technology allows users to see everything visible ona computer screen in a new and less restricted way, i. e. without the limitations of traditional computers and screens. Results: In this study, a three-dimensional holographic doctors' assistant is designed and implemented in a way that meets the GDPR requirements. The HoloView application, which is tailored to run on Microsoft HoloLens, is proposed toallow display and access to personal data and so-called sensitive information of all individual patients without the risk that it will be presented to unauthorized persons. Conclusions: To enhance the user experience and remain consistent with GSPR, a holographic desk is proposed that allows displaying patient data and sensitive information only in front of the doctor's eyes using mixed reality glasses. Last but not least, it boasts of a reduction in infection risk for the staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, affording medical care to be carried out by as few doctors as possible.

Information technologies as organizational support for the COVID-19 coping actions: Nurses’ discourse

“…In parallel with the results pointed out by the aforementioned study, IT provides instant communication, as was observed in a study conducted in two states from southeastern Brazil, where fake news makes users more susceptible to influences, highlighting, as an example, people with low schooling levels and low family incomes. In opposition to the aforementioned study, in Portugal, a survey pointed out that parents who refused to vaccinate their children and expressed concepts of the anti-vaccination movement had university degrees and a good family incomes 27 - 29 . The misrepresentation caused by fake news is real and overwhelming, due to the fact that social media provide speed of dissemination, whereby the individual becomes susceptible to their interpretations, be it in a positive or negative way, and this is independent of social classes or schooling levels.…”

Tecnologías de la información como apoyo organizacional para luchar contra el COVID-19: el discurso de los enfermeros

“…Paralelamente a los resultados obtenidos en el estudio mencionado anteriormente, un estudio realizado en dos estados del sureste de Brasil concluyó que las TI brindan comunicación instantánea, en el mismo se observó que las fake news hacen que los usuarios sean más susceptibles a las influencias, y destacan, como ejemplo, a las personas con bajo nivel educativo y bajos ingresos familiares. Al contrario, en Portugal, una investigación indicó que los padres que se negaron a vacunar a sus hijos y expresaron conceptos del movimiento antivacunas tenían estudios de grado y buen ingreso familiar (27)(28)(29) . La tergiversación que provocan las fake news es real y abrumadora, debido a la velocidad de difusión de las redes sociales, por lo que el individuo se vuelve susceptible a realizar sus propias interpretaciones, ya sea de manera positiva o negativa, y eso no depende de la clase social o del nivel educativo.…”

Application of HoloLens‐based augmented reality and three‐dimensional printed anatomical tooth reference models in dental education

“…25 Augmented reality can also be a solution for the protection of medical data, mitigating the risk that data will be presented to unauthorized persons. 45 It also has the potential to explain complex medical situations to patients and their relatives. 37,46,47 Immersive technologies in medicine have many different applications.…”

“…Immersive technologies are already being used in a wide range of medical areas, such as anatomy training, 31‐34 surgery dominated by surgical simulations, 19,35,36,37 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 38‐41 molecular biology and biochemistry, 42 dentistry, 43 telementoring in medicine, 41,44 radiology 25,29 and also obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, geriatrics, otorhinolaryngology, orthopedics, pediatrics, experimental medicine 25 . Augmented reality can also be a solution for the protection of medical data, mitigating the risk that data will be presented to unauthorized persons 45 . It also has the potential to explain complex medical situations to patients and their relatives 37,46,47 …”

“…In a study by Al Janabi et al, most of the participants agreed that HoloLens will play an important role in surgical education and clinical practice 35 . Other medical areas where HL1 has been used are biochemistry, 42 orthodontics, 49 dental implantology 52 and also general medical data protection 45 …”