Virtual Reality benefits children and their families as they face cancer. 18Loop and ACCO ensure that headsets and programs are delivered to some of the families that need them. Help us give more by donating to these worthy organizations.
#SundayResearchDive: Evaluating VR for Pain Management from Multiple Perspectives
To better understand the current landscape and potential future developments, I’ve selected four interesting articles published this week on PubMed. Each one addresses a unique aspect of VR’s role in pain management, ranging from labor pain and pediatric chronic pain to psychophysical measures and sensorimotor uncertainty.
#SundayResearchDive: The Imperative of Safety and Ethics in Healthcare VR and AR
we step back from dissecting specific clinical applications to tackle an issue that underpins all healthcare VR and AR projects: the ethics and safety involved
A VRforHealth Interview with Physician and Committed VR Innovator, Dr José Ferrer Costa
interview by Denise Silber with Dr Jose Ferrer Costa, a physician at BSA, and a committed contributor to the application of Virtual Reality in healthcare.
VRforHealth Pioneers Multi-Partner VR Pediatric Cancer Pilot
VRforHealth is proud to announce the launch of our pioneering multi-partner VR pediatric cancer pilot, whose purpose is to assist children with cancer and their families.
An Interview with VRforHealth partner, Get Real: “How can healthcare organizations jumpstart adoption of Virtual Reality?”
Denise Silber, co-founder of VRforHealth interviewed Ed Haravon, CEO of Get Real about how healthcare organizations can jumpstart their adoption of Virtual Reality, from educating themselves, on to execution. She also was able to get in a question about the VR headsets seen at CES 2023!
Wellness & Therapeutic VR Start-ups : a not-to-miss replay!
Learn about Virtual Reality wellness and therapeutic solutions from those who produce and curate them.
VRforHealth Launches Unique Directory and Announces 12 Partnerships with VR Healthcare Industry Leaders
New VRforHealth Directory accelerates access to quality information about VR wellness and therapeutic solutions and technologies
Virtual Reality at the US Department of Veterans Affairs : a guest contribution
As use-cases have expanded, so have VA patient areas where VR can be found: medical-surgical, intensive care, inpatient mental health, spinal cord injury, and residential treatment units, VA Community Living Centers (short and long-term care and hospice), various outpatient clinics, operating rooms, and even in Veterans’ homes.
Virtual Reality for Depression: Interview, Bibliography, Clinical Trials
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?
