Augmedix in the Press

February 16, 2016

Augmedix Named The Number One Most Innovative Healthcare Company of 2016 by Fast Company

It is a privilege to work to transform the trajectory of healthcare, and we are eager to continue providing human-centric solutions to the industry's biggest challenges.

July 22, 2017

Multi-tasking GPs give Google glasses new lease of life

It's a familiar scenario: you go to see your GP but they spend more time looking at their computer than at you. Now a futuristic solution could mean more than one pair of eyes looking at you in the consulting room.

July 20, 2017

Dignity Health using Google Glass to improve clinical efficiency

When Google Glass was first launched, it was targeted primarily to consumers, the idea being that they would be able to access the web within their line of vision utilizing what was billed as sleek and stylish technology.

July 19, 2017

Doctors are wearing the new Google Glass while seeing patients

The Glass on the doctor's face beams the audio and visual from the conversation to a remote scribe.

July 19, 2017

EMMC Uses New Technology to Provide More Personal Care

Eastern Maine Medical Center is the first hospital in New England to use Augmedix Google Glasses.

July 18, 2017

Google reinvents Glass spectacles for workplace

The grand ambition of turning Glass into the next big consumer gadget crashed three years later after a privacy backlash over the gadget's ability to surreptitiously record its surroundings.

July 18, 2017

Google Glass 2.0 is a startling second act

Cutting-edge was what the original Glass was supposed to be - before Glass itself got cut. Will success in the workplace lead to a revival of the consumer edition?

July 18, 2017

Google Glass Upgrades to Business Class, With Enterprise Edition

When Ian Shakil co-founded a company in 2012 to deploy Google Glass in doctor's offices, his team had never possessed a set of the computer-enhanced eyewear that Google debuted that year.

September 26, 2017

How tech can get doctors back to seeing patients

With one system offered by a company called Augmedix, physicians wear Google Glass while a remote scribe follows the live video and audio, as if in the room.

August 29, 2017

Google Glass is back - as a tool to coach autistic children, train doctors, and more

Augmedix, which is based in San Francisco, has secured $17 million in funding from several health care systems, including Sutter Health and Dignity Health. The company says doctors and health systems in 30 states are using its product.

August 29, 2017

Doctors in smart glasses are using the 'Pokemon Go' of medicine

'Both Augmedix and Pokemon Go are part of an umbrella we call 'assisted reality.' Shakil explains - but Augmedix is handsfree'