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On the Blue Sky blog, Julie Moore writes of watching #IfIHadGlass tweets and seeing suggestions such as real-time medical histories and apps for the deaf. Kyle Samani , an inpatient deployment manager, says Google Glass “presents enormous opportunities for one-way messaging and confidential communication in healthcare.” A Pharma Forward blog post suggests that Emergency Medical Technicians wearing Google Glass could send live video feeds to emergency room doctors to help in care while transporting patients.

Between 1995 and 2005, more than 300 new drugs, biologics, and vaccines that prevent and treat over 150 conditions were approved by the FDA.3 The FDA also gave the go-ahead for numerous new indications for previously approved medicines, allowing physicians to tailor treatment strategies to meet a patient's individual disease status, past medication history, side effect tolerance, and preferences.