- Sutter Health and Lyft announced a collaboration to provide patients and staff with improved access to care that will optimize the patient/provider experience. - Starting today, Sutter hospitals and care centers around Northern California will have the option to start implementing customized, individual transportation programs, and address social determinants of health. Not-for-profit network Sutter Health and transportation network company Lyft today announced a collaboration to power the
Read More
Starlight Children’s Foundation Leverages Virtual Reality to Reduce Pain for Hospitalized Children
- Denver Film Festival showcases how Starlight Children’s Foundation leverages Lenovo’s Mirage™ Solo VR headset in its Virtual Reality program as a procedural tool for critically ill young patients, primarily to reduce anxiety during mild to moderately painful procedures.
- Since 2018, Starlight Children's Foundation has placed over 1,300 Virtual Reality headsets in over 300 healthcare facilities transforming the hospital experience for more than 18,000 seriously ill kids.
This week,
Read More
Sheba Medical Center to Create The World’s First Fully VR-Based Hospital
- Sheba Medical Center is creating the world-first first VR-based hospital by leverage XRHealth’s virtual reality platform as part of their strategic innovation commitment to digital health. - Sheba will leverage XRHealth’s VR platform for cognitive therapy, physical therapy, pain relief, and many other applications throughout the entire hospital.Sheba Medical Center, the leading medical center in the Middle East and an internationally recognized healthcare facility in Israel, today announced a
Read More
Karuna Labs’ VR Rehab Management Now Available for Workers Comp Patients with Chronic Pain
- Karuna Labs, creator of personalized functional restoration and chronic pain management programs using virtual reality (VR) technology, is available to patients through workers’ compensation insurance. - Karuna Labs’ Virtual Embodiment Therapy will increase adherence to physical therapy and focus on exercises performed in daily living to improve quality of life.Virtual Reality (VR) technology is now being integrated workers comp injuries in order to alleviate chronic pain and improve range of
Read More
Study: VR Mirroring Can Improve Range of Motion in Chronic Pain Patients
- Mirroring techniques in virtual reality have the potential to improve range of motion in chronic pain patients, a new Karuna Labs study finds. - The study provides evidence that MVF, originally developed to help with neuropathic pain, in VR can influence the perception of pain in the affected limb.- These results may lead to greater knowledge of the mechanisms by which MVF can relieve chronic pain in additional areas. Karuna Labs, the creator of chronic pain management programs using virtual
Read More
Emory Healthcare Breaks Ground on New Innovative Musculoskeletal Institute
Rendering of the Exterior Facility (Source: Emory Healthcare)
- Emory Healthcare breaks ground on the new Emory Musculoskeletal Institute to provide innovative orthopedics and spine care, physical therapy, imaging, ambulatory surgery, with clinical and discovery research support space.
- The Institute is the newest addition to Emory’s Executive Park health innovation district located in Brookhaven, GA.
Emory Healthcare has announced the groundbreaking of the new Emory
Read More
PeerWell Lands $6.5M to Commercialize its Worker’s Comp Musculoskeletal Surgery Optimization Platform
Today PeerWell, a San Francisco, CA-based PreHab company helping patients prepare physically and mentally for orthopedic surgery and recover faster has raised $6.5M in Series A funding led by OMERS Ventures with participation from investors Emmett Shear (Co-Founder CEO of Twitch) and Travis May (CEO of Datavant).
Existing investors include XSeed Capital and angel investors
Auren Hoffman (CEO SafeGraph, Co-founder of LiveRamp), Kevin Lin (COO of
Twitch), Michael Seibel (CEO of Y Combinator),
Read More
Net Health Acquires Post-Acute Care EHR Provider Optima Healthcare Solutions
Net Health, a provider of cloud-based software solutions for specialized outpatient care, today announced it has acquired cloud-based post-acute care EHR provider Optima Healthcare Solutions. Optima post-acute care EHR platform supports contract therapy companies, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, outpatient therapy clinics, home health therapy providers and hospice organizations.Acquisition Benefits for Net HealthOnce the acquisition closes, the combined company will serve
Read More
Amp Recover CEO Talks The Current State of Digital Health Adoption in Orthopedics, PT, Sports Med
David M Nichols, CEO of Amp Recover
David Nichols is the CEO is of AMP Recover, a health intelligence platform that empowers healthcare organizations with actionable data to improve the patient experience, produce successful outcomes and achieve their business goals. This transition from current workflows to a modern, data-driven approach does not happen overnight. The Atlanta, GA-based company works with providers focused on Injury Prevention, Physical Therapy and Sport, Performance and have
Read More
XRHealth, VirZOOM Partner to Transform the Power of Virtual Reality Exercise for Providers and Patients
XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, a provider of extended reality and therapeutic applications, today announced a partnership with VirZOOM, which will transform the power of VR exercise for hospitals, rehab centers and patients – equipping them to use this technology inside their home. Providers will be able to access data remotely, gaining more insight into how patients are using the joint technology.VirZOOM /VRHealth Integration BenefitsVirZOOM sells its well-reviewed VR Fitness solutions
Read More
