What You Should Know: - AppliedVR, an immersive therapeutics pioneer, conducted a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) on virtual reality (VR) therapy for treating chronic low back pain (CLBP) at home. - Results of the study were published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health and demonstrated that AppliedVR's RelieVRx program produced clinically meaningful improvements in adults with CLBP. - AppliedVR aims to provide a non-pharmacological and non-invasive approach to treating
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XRHealth Deploys VR Headsets in Israel to Assist Victims of Hamas Attacks
What You Should Know: - XRHealth today announced that they are currently deploying hundreds of VR headsets in Israel to treat patients coping with anxiety, stress, and PTSD as a result of the recent Hamas attacks. - The distribution of the headsets will span across 30 hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and mental health centers throughout Israel (including three Clalit hospitals). Assisting Patients Coping with Anxiety, Stress, and PTSD Just 48-hours
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Study: Virtual Reality Effective for Ketamine-Assisted Therapy
What You Should Know: TRIPP, a global XR wellness company, announced the completion of TRIPP PsyAssist’s Phase 1 Proof Of Concept (POC) Feasibility Study. The first phase of the breakthrough study shows virtual reality (VR) as an effective tool to help patients prepare for ketamine-assisted therapy Research Background The study focuses on investigating the effects of a Virtual Reality (VR) experience before Ketamine dosing and was conducted at the esteemed Kadima
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Virtual Reality Training for Nurses Solution Launches to Enhance Nursing Education
What You Should Know: Wolters Kluwer Health and Laerdal Medical have officially launched vrClinicals for Nursing. The virtual reality (VR) based learning solution helps address today’s gaps in nursing education and the nursing workforce, allowing students to go from the classroom to a busy hospital ward where they encounter true-to-life challenges such as prioritizing care among multiple patients and the demands of practice.vrClinicals for Nursing was designed with instructors and
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GigXR to Develop Holographic Simulation Training for Combat Care
What You Should Know: Today, global holographic healthcare training providers, GigXR, announce a second Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to develop holographic simulation training for the 354th Medical Group United States Air Force (USAF).The contract signifies another step forward for XR as a means to deliver hyper-realistic, immersive training tools. GigXR has been selected to create Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training built for its TIME
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Ocutrx Acquires Spectrum AMT to Advance Capabilities for Medical Devices
What You Should Know: Ocutrx Technologies, a global technology company developing medical devices with augmented reality (AR), extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI), acquires Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., a Colorado-based electronics manufacturing and assembly company.With this acquisition, the consolidated Oxutrx_Spectrum company now has seven (7) process lines, including ISO Optics Lab capabilities,
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AppliedVR Becomes First Virtual Reality Provider to Receive HCPCS Level II Code
What You Should Know: -AppliedVR, an immersive therapeutics (ITx) pioneer advancing a novel approach to medicine, today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established a unique Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code (E1905) for its flagship product, the RelieVRx program. - Defined as a virtual reality (VR) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) device that includes pre-programmed therapy software, CMS’ coding decision categorizes the
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Wellstar Expands Enterprise Virtual Reality Training with Moth+Flame
What You Should Know: - Wellstar Health System extends its partnership with Moth+Flame to further utilize its virtual reality (VR) training technology. - The VR emotional intelligence training encourages Wellstar's employees to build composure and gain practical experience in a highly realistic scenario by navigating difficult conversations and testing resiliency in an emotionally charged environment. - The experience helps Wellstar's workforce development
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U.S. Air Force and SimX Expands VR Medical Training Partnership
What You Should Know: - SimX and the U. S. Air Force are announcing a $1.7M expansion of its ongoing effort to advance the future of medical simulation training using virtual reality (VR) technology. - This effort, housed within the Virtual Advancement of Learning for Operational Readiness (VALOR) program at SimX, aims to enhance the usability and medical capability of virtual simulation training, with a focus on prehospital combat casualty care delivered by the Air Force's elite special
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Metaverse Operating Room Simulates Surgery on Cleft Lip & Palate
What You Should Know: - Smile Train and BioDigital launched the first-ever cleft surgery virtual reality (VR) platform experience at the IMSH Conference in Orlando, Florida. - The platform utilizes a “metaverse operating room” to simulate surgery on cleft lip and palate, a common birth condition that occurs when a baby’s lip or mouth does not form properly during pregnancy. The condition can cause difficulty with breathing, eating and speaking. If left
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