[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":309},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-how-does-medical-virtual-reality-make-healthcare-more-pleasant":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":184,"relatedBooks":308},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":47,"contact_email_category":48,"yst_prominent_words":49,"class_list":59,"better_featured_image":81,"acf":119,"yoast_meta":128,"_links":131},17731,"2018-04-24T22:40:09","2018-04-24T20:40:09",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=17731","2022-05-25T17:41:38","2022-05-25T15:41:38","how-does-medical-virtual-reality-make-healthcare-more-pleasant","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-does-medical-virtual-reality-make-healthcare-more-pleasant",{"rendered":17},"How Does Medical Virtual Reality Make Healthcare More Pleasant?",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Medical virtual reality goes entirely against conventional beliefs about technology making healthcare less human, less empathetic and less caring. Virtual reality teaches empathy to med students, makes vaccination for children more sufferable, helps get rid of fears by treating phobias, relieves chronic pain or fulfills the last wishes of the dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The many faces of medical virtual reality\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although the use of virtual reality in healthcare is not widespread yet, the technology holds great promise. Goldman Sachs \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.goldmansachs.com\u002Four-thinking\u002Fpages\u002Ftechnology-driving-innovation-folder\u002Fvirtual-and-augmented-reality\u002Freport.pdf\">estimated in its 2016 report\u003C\u002Fa> that 8 million physicians and medical technicians could make use of augmented reality or virtual reality products worldwide – and the number of users could grow from an estimated 0.8 million in 2020 to 3.4 million until 2025. \u003Cstrong>Medical education, surgery, rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, and psychology could all benefit from VR\u003C\u002Fstrong>. As a doctor, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.medicalrealities.com\u002F\">you could assist in the OR\u003C\u002Fa> without ever lifting a scalpel or prepare for complex surgeries efficiently. As a medical student, you could \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.edtechmagazine.com\u002Fhigher\u002Farticle\u002F2016\u002F08\u002Fthree-ways-med-students-can-use-virtual-reality\">study the human body more closely\u003C\u002Fa> and get ready for real-life operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, patients will benefit the most. Virtual reality can support better management of chronic pain, can treat fears and phobias or help survive medical events, from as painful as childbirth until vaccination. For example, not only does virtual reality make \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jpost.com\u002FIsrael-News\u002FSports\u002FA-virtual-breakthrough-in-sports-rehabilitation-480664\">rehabilitation from neck, spinal or other injuries faster and easier\u003C\u002Fa>, but \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2016-08-29\u002Fhospitals-try-giving-patients-a-dose-of-vr\">you could escape the confinement of your hospital room\u003C\u002Fa> and travel to Iceland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These cases all illustrate that medical VR is an excellent tool for addressing the issues that make the healthcare journey for patients more agreeable: \u003Cstrong>alleviating pain, dissipating fear, offering more empathy and care\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Here, we collected the best examples how the technology could make healthcare more pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17735\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvrforhealthcare_mediumcover_1640x894.jpg\" alt=\"medical virtual reality\" class=\"wp-image-17735\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvrforhealthcare_mediumcover_1640x894.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvrforhealthcare_mediumcover_1640x894-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvrforhealthcare_mediumcover_1640x894-512x279.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvrforhealthcare_mediumcover_1640x894-458x250.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: stambol.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Teaching empathy to med students\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although medical students leaning over thick volumes of anatomy might not share this view at earlier stages of their studies, but one of the most challenging parts of being a doctor is mastering the patient-doctor communication. Empathy is an indispensable tool here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>„\u003Cem>Whether out of dignity or shock, silence usually reigns, and so holding a patient’s hand becomes the mode of communication\u003C\u002Fem>,” writes Paul Kalanithi in his absolutely and utterly beautiful book \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.goodreads.com\u002Fbook\u002Fshow\u002F25899336-when-breath-becomes-air\">When Breath Becomes Air\u003C\u002Fa>;\u003C\u002Fem> as he had to talk to a patient after brain surgery about chemotherapy, radiation, and prognosis for brain tumor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Delivering difficult news\u003C\u002Fstrong> being it about a cancer diagnosis or the death of the patient to the family \u003Cstrong>requires enormous strength of mind and empathy from the doctor\u003C\u002Fstrong>, but also appropriate practice. That is where VR comes into the picture. Researchers from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedaily.com\u002Freleases\u002F2017\u002F04\u002F170427091749.htm\">Medical Cyberworlds Inc. and the University of Michigan conducted research with 421 medical students\u003C\u002Fa> about the use of virtual reality in patient-doctor communication. They used the \u003Cstrong>Mpathic-VR technology that allowed users to talk with emotive, computer-based virtual humans who can see, hear and react to them in real time\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The virtual humans used a full range of behaviors expected of two people talking together. Applying this technique in future curriculums, med students could practice difficult conversations before going out and experiencing them in real life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MPathic Demo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FYJOd2bQv8sU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Making vaccination more tolerable\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>No one likes to get vaccinated. Many people have a fear of needles, while plenty of others cannot get themselves diverted from the experienced pain. The \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fpediatrics.aappublications.org\u002Fcontent\u002Fearly\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F25\u002Fpeds.2016-2127?sso=1&sso_redirect_count=1&nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token\">American Academy of Pediatrics even found in its August 2016 study\u003C\u002Fa> that \u003Cstrong>one of the reasons parents delay vaccinating\u003C\u002Fstrong> their children is due to concerns of discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is interesting to see how doctors employ certain strategies to help patients. They tell them to look at specific spots, tell stories or jokes. For example, an Austrian doctor treating arthritis patients used to tell jokes about football while using painkiller injection on the treated knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The examples of a pilot study and a Brazilian hospital show that there is an even more efficient way to make needles and vaccination more tolerable. In \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fcontent\u002Fpilot-study-shows-vr-goggles-reduce-fear-pain-children-during-vaccination\">a study of 244 children at Sansum Clinic locations in Santa Barbara and Lompoc, California\u003C\u002Fa>, roughly half of the children were given \u003Cstrong>virtual reality goggles to view ocean scenes while getting their seasonal flu shot\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Parents reported that their sons and daughters experienced 48 percent less pain and 52 percent less fear, and the clinicians mentioned even higher numbers – \u003Cstrong>75 percent less pain and 71 percent less fear\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Hermes Pardini Laboratories’ VR Vaccine campaign battles children’s fear of taking vaccine shots wonderfully. Children can immerse themselves in the virtual world of a lively cartoon where they can feel like superheroes building a shield against monsters by getting the “Fire Fruit” – the actual shot in reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virtual reality transforms the experience of child vaccine\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FVgCPMkNlkSI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Mitigating fear and traumas\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Are you afraid of giant tarantulas crawling on your back? Do you have a fear of heights, so you get the cold sweat when you have to climb to the top floor of your office building? Virtual reality offers a new way to get rid of fears and phobias.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The immersive environment re-creates the fearful situation for patients – but it also offers them a safe place to get over their fears: they are under the control of physicians, and they can get out of the simulation any time. The Spanish and American behavioral health technology company, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.psious.com\u002F\">Psious\u003C\u002Fa> offers this unique VR treatment for psychological conditions such as fear of flying, needles, various animals, public speaking, general anxiety or agoraphobia. \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.virtuallybetter.com\u002F\">Virtually Better\u003C\u002Fa>, the pioneering VR company founded in 1996, offers among others an exposure \u003Cstrong>therapy for people suffering from anxiety disorders, specific phobias or post-traumatic stress syndrome\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A research team at the University of Southern California developed a project called \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmedvr.ict.usc.edu\u002Fprojects\u002Fbravemind\u002F\">Bravemind\u003C\u002Fa>, another VR exposure therapy for soldiers to gradually immerse them into the virtual environment similar to the one where they got traumatized to help them process their feelings associated with their traumas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-and-phobias.jpg\" alt=\"medical virtual reality\" class=\"wp-image-17734\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-and-phobias.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-and-phobias-768x314.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-and-phobias-512x210.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-and-phobias-458x188.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) Giving birth easier and managing chronic pain\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Delivering a baby is a process of enduring long hours of pain with the euphoric moments of birth. Virtual reality might \u003Cstrong>help women distract themselves and divert their attention towards proper breathing and a spot to focus on\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Erin Bratton Martucci, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Ftechnology\u002F2016\u002Fdec\u002F09\u002Fvirtual-reality-childbirth-pain-relief\">the first woman, experiencing childbirth through VR\u003C\u002Fa> told The Medical Futurist that it had a genuinely calming effect on her – she didn’t even realize she was already wearing the VR goggles for two hours before the doctor took them off of her. She explained that she wanted to deliver her baby girl drug-free, didn’t want to have an epidural, so when her doctor offered the VR option, she and her husband said, why not. Although it was already two years ago, she recounts the beach scene and the calming voice as if it was yesterday, and she would try it again without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Being immersed in a VR environment helps not only women in labor but also \u003Cstrong>patients experiencing chronic pain – a debilitating and frustrating experience\u003C\u002Fstrong> which was exclusively manageable by painkillers in the past. This situation seems to change with the help of VR. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvirtual-reality-used-clinical-practice\u002F\">Brennan Spiegel and his team at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles introduced VR worlds to their patients\u003C\u002Fa> to \u003Cstrong>help them release stress and reduce pain\u003C\u002Fstrong>. In \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmental.jmir.org\u002F2017\u002F1\u002Fe9\u002F\">a recent clinical trial,\u003C\u002Fa> out of 100 people who self-reported persistent, daily pain, half had the chance to play a VR game called Bear Blast. The other half got to watch 2-D relaxation videos of lakes and babbling brooks. While they \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fopioids-havent-solved-chronic-pain-maybe-virtual-reality-can\u002F\">experienced a small bit of relief, the VR group reported feeling 25 percent less pain than when they started.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17732\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsoldier-using-vr-to-manage-pain.jpg\" alt=\"medical virtual reality\" class=\"wp-image-17732\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsoldier-using-vr-to-manage-pain.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsoldier-using-vr-to-manage-pain-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsoldier-using-vr-to-manage-pain-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fsoldier-using-vr-to-manage-pain-333x250.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Soldier Using VR to Manage Pain. Source: vrtherapynews.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) Making dying patients’ last wishes come true\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>David Parker, an IT consultant from Toronto, uses the power of virtual reality to bring joy to palliative care patients. He lets \u003Cstrong>bedridden patients get out of their beds virtually and travel around the world\u003C\u002Fstrong>. As a result of his efforts, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.himssinsights.eu\u002Ftransporting-canadian-patients-virtually\">Bridgepoint Health and Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, has introduced virtual reality headsets\u003C\u002Fa> in their palliative care programmes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>No matter whether people want to go to Africa, see the Northern Lights or experience scuba-diving, Parker finds \u003Cstrong>a way for people to cross items off their bucket list with the help of VR\u003C\u002Fstrong>. There were even patients who already “traveled” with VR \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Ftoronto\u002Fpalliative-care-virtual-reality-1.4254087\">more than once and keep going back for the experience.\u003C\u002Fa> David Parker \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.himssinsights.eu\u002Ftransporting-canadian-patients-virtually\">told HIMMS Insights Europe\u003C\u002Fa> that it is powerful because \u003Cem>it takes you out of your environment, your hospital room, and immerses you in other settings\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17733\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fhospice-patients-bucket-list.jpg\" alt=\"medical virtual reality\" class=\"wp-image-17733\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fhospice-patients-bucket-list.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fhospice-patients-bucket-list-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fhospice-patients-bucket-list-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fhospice-patients-bucket-list-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: artsy.net\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A new digital pain-reduction kit was designed in a partnership between Samsung Health, the German pharma giant, Bayer, healthcare start-up appliedVR, the Travelers insurance company and the Cedars Sinai Medical Center, announced Dr. Brennan Spiegel. The set will be tested in a randomized trial to reduce opioids and speed up the return to work after a musculoskeletal injury, he added. The partnership signals confidence in VR’s place in healthcare and the objective to spread around its utilization as widely as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>With virtual reality against painkillers\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Virtual reality presents an immersive artificial environment. It is able to alleviate pain and relieve anxiety, according to the latest research. Spiegel and his team at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have been experimenting with the technology for a while. They \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvirtual-reality-used-clinical-practice\u002F\">found a significant drop in pain scores in case of VR therapies\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The research team \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmental.jmir.org\u002F2017\u002F1\u002Fe9\u002F\">conducted an experiment, whose results were published in 2017\u003C\u002Fa>. They \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.painnewsnetwork.org\u002Fstories\u002F2017\u002F3\u002F30\u002Fvirtual-reality-relieves-pain-in-hospitalized-patients\">enrolled 100 patients\u003C\u002Fa> suffering from gastrointestinal, cardiac, neurological and post-surgical pain. Fifty patients watched a 15-minute nature video with beautiful mountains and running streams, accompanied by calming music. The other 50 patients wore VR goggles to watch a 15-minute animated game called Pain RelieVR, which was specifically designed to treat patients who have to stay in bed or have limited mobility. The experiment showed that among 100 patients who watched the nature video, there was a 13 percent drop in their pain scores; while patients who watched the virtual reality game had a 24 percent decline in their pain levels. Spiegel even believes the future will be VR pharmacies with specialists prescribing the appropriate VR treatment to patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virtual Reality Helps Escape The Scary and Painful in Healthcare - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FQy7NAFko3fg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>VR helps medical students, too\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, VR could not only help patients but doctors and medical students, too. For example, a virtual simulation represents a cheaper, more versatile alternative to traditional simulations. The same thought processes and practical skills could be tested, but all that would be required is the trainee putting on VR-goggles and a pair of headphones. In the future, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fblogs.bmj.com\u002Femj\u002F2018\u002F02\u002F12\u002Fsimulation-training-in-virtual-reality\u002F\">the breadth of simulation scenarios that could be accessed in a VR library would dwarf the offerings\u003C\u002Fa> of even the most impressive sim lab. As the limit of what could be trained would be reflected by the imagination of the VR software developers as opposed to the practical constraints of the lab. 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