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Virtual Reality Training for Nurses Solution Launches to Enhance Nursing Education

by Fred Pennic 06/14/2023 Leave a Comment

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

by Syed Hamza Sohail 04/27/2023 Leave a Comment

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

by Health M&A 04/12/2023 Leave a Comment

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

by Fred Pennic 03/21/2023 Leave a Comment

AppliedVR Secures $36M to Scale Therapeutic Virtual Reality Platform for Pain Management

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

by Fred Pennic 02/10/2023 Leave a Comment

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

by Fred Pennic 02/09/2023 Leave a Comment

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

by Syed Hamza Sohail 02/01/2023 Leave a Comment

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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TRIPP Partners w/ Carnegie Mellon Psychologists on VR-Guide Meditations

by Jasmine Pennic 01/27/2023 Leave a Comment

TRIPP Secures $11M to Expand Digital Psychedelic Wellness Platform for Mental Health

What You Should Know: - TRIPP, the award-winning global XR wellness company, announced an investment and partnership in Equa Health, the company bringing a clinically validated approach to mindfulness training. - Through the partnership, TRIPP will leverage Equa Health’s mindfulness approach, developed over 15 years with research from Carnegie Mellon University, to launch a series of clinically validated meditations in virtual reality. A combination of science and XR technology, the
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Sharecare Launches VR Program to Bring Innovation to Exercise

by Jasmine Pennic 01/26/2023 Leave a Comment

Sharecare Launches VR Program to Bring Innovation to Exercise

What You Should Know: - Digital health company Sharecare launches Get Active, a new virtual reality program to help employers encourage exercise among their workforces in a fun, approachable, and accessible way. - In a pilot with its customer Lennar Corporation, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, Sharecare’s Get Active program for Meta Quest 2 yielded strong results for both healthy and high-risk Associates.  Lennar Pilot Program In a pilot conducted in late 2022
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22 Executive Digital Health Predictions to Watch in 2023

by Fred Pennic 01/16/2023 Leave a Comment

22 Executive Digital Health Predictions to Watch in 2023

Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of Podimetrics From a digital health perspective, 2022 was a reset year for many and a serious reality check. We went from sky high growth to the sky is falling, and in 2023 I think this market correction movement will continue forward. To me, the biggest surprise of 2022 was that despite the market tanking, digital health companies continued to truck forward with huge deals. This includes massive acquisitions like Amazon and OneMedical, as well as deals like
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