- Automated virtual reality therapy Oxford VR secures a record $12.5M investment to advance its real-world impact in behavioral health, and accelerate clinical leadership in the U.S.
- The investment will enable the next-level growth of pioneering immersive therapy for depression, anxiety, and other behavioral health conditions.
VR therapy pioneer Oxford VR announced today a landmark $12.5 million Series A funding round led by Optum Ventures and supported by Luminous Ventures. The round
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Augmented Reality
Augmedics Secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for Augmented Reality Guidance System for Surgery
- Augmedics announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and the U.S. launch of its groundbreaking xvision Spine system (XVS), the first AR guidance system to be used in surgery.
- xvision Spine allows surgeons to visualize the 3D spinal anatomy of a patient during surgery as if they had “x-ray vision,” and to accurately navigate instruments and implants while looking directly at the patient, rather than a remote screen.
Today, Augmedics announced U.S. Food and Drug
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XRHealth Launches Telehealth VR/AR Platform to Connect Doctors and Patients Remotely
- XRHealth just announced at the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Tech Summit, their telehealth VR/AR medical platform that connects doctors and patients from remote locations.- The XRHealth telehealth platform allows patients to grant access to their healthcare data to key participants – doctors, caregivers, or family members.XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth a provider of extended reality and therapeutic AR and VR applications for the medical industry has announced the launch of their new telehealth
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Industry 4.0 in Life Sciences: A “5C” Point of View
McKinsey & Company describes Industry 4.0 as the next phase in the digitization of the manufacturing sector that is being driven by four disruptions: the astonishing rise in data volumes, computational power and connectivity, especially new low-power wide-area networks; the emergence of analytics and business intelligence capabilities; the new forms of human-machine interaction, such as touch interfaces and augmented reality systems; and the improvements in transferring digital instructions
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The Innovation Studio at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Unveils 5 Winners for Digital Health Lab Demo Day
- The Innovation Studio at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) announced the winners of its first-ever Digital Health Lab Demo Day. - Winning VR, AR, and gaming innovations will receive $20,000 each in seed grants and be piloted at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.The Innovation Studio at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) announced the winners of its first-ever Digital Health Lab Demo Day, the culmination of a six-month venture to develop, incubate and implement virtual reality (VR),
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Novant Health Taps Tyto Care to Offer Patients On-Demand, Remote Medical Exams
- Novant Health and Tyto Care announced their partnership to enable clinic-quality exams from the comfort of home.- The integration allows patients to connect to a Novant Health provider anytime, anywhere using Tyto Care’s on-demand, remote medical exam device.Novant Health, an integrated healthcare system headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, today announced its strategic partnership with Tyto Care, the healthcare industry’s first all-in-one modular device and telehealth platform for
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XRHealth, Allscripts Partner to Integrate VR/AR Platforms, Leveraging Open APIs
- XRHealth forms a partnership with Allscripts to provide integrated VR/AR platform, leveraging Allscripts Open APIs.
- The partnership enables medical professionals to prescribe and monitor the progress of VR/AR therapies on patient health.
XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, a provider of in extended reality and therapeutic applications, today announced a partnership with Allscripts to provide an integrated VR/AR platform, leveraging Allscripts Open APIs. The Allscripts Developer Program
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What Is The Upside of Establishing Extended Reality As A Medical Device?
XR stands for extended reality. Basically, it's an umbrella term covering the VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and MR (mixed reality) technologies. All three are already involved or will be involved in healthcare. In the very near future, you will be able to “swipe” between all three within an application. Different combinations of the technologies will be used to provide specific health benefits, eventually all within a single platform.
It is sometimes hard to explain to people
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5G in Healthcare: 7 Advantages & Disadvantages for Providers to Know
It’s a fact. The more bandwidth-intensive connected medical devices and mobile devices our hospitals deploy, the more we are straining our health IT infrastructures. Something has to give. Many communications leaders see 5G technology’s real-time high bandwidth and lower latency access as powerful new technology features that are needed to expand healthcare applications’ capabilities and the functioning of medical devices, robotics, and mobile devices. Some say 5G will be transformative. Others
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Healium Partners with XRHealth to Power VR With Emotions
XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, a provider of extended reality and therapeutic applications announced it is opening their platform to third-party developers to create robust VR healthcare experiences. A noteworthy partnership created through the open platform is Healium that enables patients to “see” and power VR technology through their emotions.Healium: Powering VR With EmotionsApproximately 75% to 90% of all doctor visits are due to stress-related issues. Healium developed a
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