Background Virtual reality (VR) technology as a therapeutic intervention has been gaining attention in healthcare settings in recent years. Studies suggest that using the technology can help alleviate symptoms such as pain and anxiety and induce positive emotions for people in hospital. Managing ...
For many hospital patients, pain is part of their reality. According to a new study, however, an unreal environment might help. Virtual reality may help. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center triedvirtual reality(VR) technology as a new treatment for pain -- and it seemed to work. Pat...
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Interventional Radiology team – one of the most universally visited specialties at the hospital – is working to minimize negative medical experiences using virtual reality (VR) technology. They have hired Phoenix Hunt, ...
"The young kids at The Alfred Hospital told us they just wanted to be 'anywhere but here', "virtual reality maker treat Clews-De Castell a said. He is one of the creators of virtual reality company phobia, that is creating experiences specially for child patients, thanks to the help from...
“The young kids at The Alfred Hospital told us they just want to be ‘anywhere but here’,” virtual reality maker Trent Clews-De Castella said. He is one of the creators of virtual reality company Phoria, which is creating experiences specially for child patients, thanks to the help from...
NUS Medicine and Nursing students experience the virtual reality programme. Credit: NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Caring for patients who are facing stress, anxiety and depression, or when physical restraint is required, is one of the several challenges that healthcare professionals face in ...
JEDDAH: Virtual reality (VR) is a computer-based three-dimensional imaging sequence that creates a world within a computer system, allowing users to interact with it via a display screen, usually mounted to the face. Previously, VR had only really impact
Cedars-Sinai Hospital has found that a VR experience can reduce pain by 24% or more. VR applications can also be used to help women in labor, patients suffering from acute and chronic pain, and more. Often, virtual reality treatment can reduce or remove the need for pharmaceutical therapies...
When they are admitted to psychiatric hospital, opportunities for learning of safety in everyday situations are even more highly restricted. We have argued that virtual reality ([VR] interactive computer-generated environments) may provide a powerful treatment approach for patients to enable the ...
"Ultimately, this virtual reality training system could become a viable tool for practicing communication with diverse patients across different types of health care professions," said Charee Thompson, a professor of communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who studies physician-patient...