Depression treatment with virtual reality has not benefited from as much research as for anxiety and pain. What is the status of depression and VR?
Virtual Reality Therapies: Funding & Payment Considerations in the US
The financing of virtual reality in the United States is, as for other therapies, the remuneration of the therapeutic act.
New: The VRforHealth Directory. Read the Testimonials!
VRforHealth is delighted to announce that, in pursuit of our mission to facilitate professional and patient knowledge of and access to quality Virtual Reality wellness and therapeutic solutions, the introduction of the new VRforHealth Directory
Joint press release: 18Loop and VRforHealth Announce Partnership to Drive Mission Awareness
18Loop and VRforHealth Announce Partnership to Drive Mission Awareness 18Loop and VRforHealth are pleased to announce their new relationship as institutional partners. This collaboration will improve 18Loop’s ability to fundraise and execute on research and VR distribution initiatives for kids with cancer and support VRforHealth’s goals to improve access by patients to VR solutions. PRESS RELEASE April 5, 2022 09:00 EDT … Read More
Introduction to Regulatory Considerations when Launching VR Solutions in the U.S.
the authors describe the regulatory framework for commercializing VR solutions in the US. It includes: device categorization, application procedures, related definitions and the (rare) examples.
Use Case: Pain and anxiety reduction before, during and after procedures in healthcare establishments with Healthy Mind
The co-founders of Healthy Mind, TImothée Cabanne and Reda Khouadra understood early on in their lives, the difficulty of living with pain and anxiety, because they grew up with parents suffering from chronic pain that was not relieved by medication. Subsequently, Reda who had been a 3D enthusiast since he was 12, realized that there could be a VR solution … Read More
Join VRforHealth at Virtual Medicine Conference 2022 March 24-25th. It’s virtual!
VRforHealth is very happy to support the Virtual Medicine Conference, organized by Dr Brennan Spiegel, and thanks to which our co-founders Denise Silber and Beth Savoldelli met for the very first time and went on to imagine VRforHealth.com, a single resource for information about and access to the wellness and therapeutic uses of Virtual Reality. Here is the founding story. … Read More
Applied VR in Healthcare, a VRforHealth recommended book, was edited by Dr Walter Greenleaf, LaVonne Roberts, Robert Fine
The latest “real book” review by Denise Silber for VRforHealth in our series of reading on VR and healthcare. The title is: Applied Virtual Reality in Healthcare: Case Studies and Perspectives. “Reading Applied Virtual Reality in Healthcare is like attending a several-day, virtual reality healthcare conference on demand and at your own speed. It’s a practical book written in a … Read More
Meet international leaders of Therapeutic Virtual Reality ONLINE Dec 9-10.
Breaking News: New Covid-Induced constraints in Ireland led IVRHA to cancel Dublin and schedule the event online Dec 9 and 10. Denise Silber, co-founder of VRforHealth met with Robert Fine, founder of the Washington-DC based, IVRHA, International Virtual Reality Healthcare Association, to discuss their upcoming event in Dublin. IVRHA is a member-driven organization of healthcare entities (technology companies, teaching hospitals … Read More
Using VR at the NHS to Reach Out to a Traumatized Community
This was groundbreaking. As a result, we normalized the use of Virtual Reality in that community in that part of London
