Hospital teams considering AR need to assess a specific product and workflow rather than assume that overlays improve accuracy or efficiency. This guide focuses on procurement questions, deployment conditions and acceptance testing. The doctors-and-students guide covers the design of AR teaching activities.
Ask suppliers to demonstrate the proposed workflow
Give suppliers the same task brief and ask them to show setup, use, failure handling and removal from service. Record device requirements, content maintenance, integration dependencies and support arrangements. Include the staff responsible for operating and maintaining the equipment in the review.
Define acceptance criteria before the demonstration: readable information, appropriate access controls, predictable handling of unavailable data and a practical fallback. Request evidence for the product’s intended use from the relevant reviewers. Treat claims about accuracy, speed or reduced errors as questions to assess, not as purchasing assumptions.
