San Diego, California-based health system launches Spatial Computing Center of Excellence

With Apple's Vision Pro taking the tech market by storm, we have one health system riding the wave to launch its Spatial Computing Center of Excellence.
That health system is San Diego, California-based Sharp HealthCare, which wants to "bring the benefits of spatial computing to the field of medicine." To that end, it plans to convene clinicians and technologists to establish new ways to enhance patient care using the newly launched Apple Vision Pro.
How will it work?
The most significant initiative to date to come from the Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center, which opened its doors last year, the Spatial Computing Center of Excellence brings together a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, informaticists, analysts, software developers, digital experience product managers and end-user device architects who will work with external partners to develop, test and deploy innovative solutions at Sharp and across the healthcare industry.
On the record
"Using Apple Vision Pro, you can immediately imagine the amazing and far-reaching implications of this technology for the practice and delivery of medicine," said Chris Howard, president and chief executive of Sharp HealthCare, one of California's largest integrated health systems. "Sharp has long been committed to transforming the health care experience, and Vision Pro is indeed a game changer, so much so that we created a center of excellence dedicated to this effort."
"Spatial computing will fundamentally change how doctors practice medicine," added Tommy Korn, MD, a board-certified ophthalmologist with Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group. "As we continue to explore the opportunities for applications on Apple Vision Pro, it will enable surgeons like me to transcend the limitations of traditional care, enhancing the safety and precision for our patients like never before. This marks the dawn of an era where health care finally leads the way in digital transformation. The future is here."
The context
Sharp is launching this endeavor in collaboration with Epic (Sharp's EHR vendor) and Elsevier, among others. Jointly, they will investigate how spatial computing will enhance effectiveness, productivity, collaboration, education, and treatments across a wide range of specialties and clinical roles, from the doctor's office and operating room to bedside care and caregiver education.
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