{"id":8786,"date":"2018-01-26T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/why-doctors-are-using-snapchat-glasses-in-operating-rooms\/"},"modified":"2018-01-26T05:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T05:00:21","slug":"why-doctors-are-using-snapchat-glasses-in-operating-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/why-doctors-are-using-snapchat-glasses-in-operating-rooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Doctors Are Using Snapchat Glasses in Operating Rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shafi Ahmed dons a pair of digital sunglasses and explains how the tiny lenses built into its black plastic frame, which can capture high-resolution images, are transforming how doctors get trained in operating rooms. The British colorectal surgeon used Snap Inc.&rsquo;s high-tech spectacles a year ago to walk rookie physicians and millions of curious viewers through a hernia operation using the Snapchat photo-sharing app. In 2018, he plans to beam his avatar into operating rooms with so-called immersive technology, which spans everything from military training to adult entertainment, and promises to support the next generation of doctors with real-time supervision and tutelage.  &ldquo;Doctors do not need to feel out of their depth, and this technology will allow them to get help whenever&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"medworm\">\n<p><b><i>MedWorm Message:<\/i><\/b> Have you tried our new <a href=\"https:\/\/medworm.com\/\">medical search engine<\/a>? More powerful than before. Log on with your social media account. 100% free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/medworm.com\/486603198\/why-doctors-are-using-snapchat-glasses-in-operating-rooms\/\">MedWorm: Dentistry News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shafi Ahmed dons a pair of digital sunglasses and explains how the tiny lenses built into its black plastic frame, which can capture high-resolution images, are transforming how doctors get trained in operating rooms. The British colorectal surgeon used Snap Inc.&rsquo;s high-tech spectacles a year ago to walk rookie physicians and millions of curious viewers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[1944,2859,10514,8573,10513,544],"class_list":["post-8786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-news","tag-doctors","tag-glasses","tag-operating","tag-rooms","tag-snapchat","tag-using"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1YapV-2hI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elkhorndenture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}