The importance of promoting mental health and providing timely evidence-based care for people suffering from mental health conditions has perhaps never been so well recognized. Along with its many unprecedented challenges, the emotional toll of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised …
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Webinar Recordings
Technology That Cares: A Glimpse Into the Future of Mental Healthcare
by emhicby emhicAbout the Webinar: The field of mental healthcare is undergoing a seismic shift, and the possibilities are mind-bending. Imagine a world where Virtual Reality (VR) and gaming become powerful tools in treating mental health conditions, enabling patients to step …
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MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) is an innovation office established by the Ministry Of Health (MOH) in 2018 to lead, facilitate and accelerate system-level changes needed to transform healthcare delivery and the empowerment of health and self-management of disease.
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Gita Barry, president of immersive healthcare at Penumbra, discusses the uses of immersive VR technology for therapy in healthcare settings and at home, and its potential to engage patients and employees.
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£3 million has been funded toward projects generating immersive VR headsets for mental health therapeutics across the UK Mental health problems are experienced by one in four people each year in the UK, but only one in eight adults with …
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Digital Tools and Solutions
The Startup That Hopes Your Doctor May One Day Prescribe You a Video Game
by Mashableby MashablePlay can be therapeutic. But can you dare to imagine a future where gaming is just what the doctor literally ordered? It’s a future that DeepWell DTx is on a mission to secure. The company, which is still in its …
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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted disparities in healthcare throughout the U.S. over the past several years. Now, with the rise of AI, experts are warning developers to remain cautious while implementing models to ensure those inequities are not exacerbated.
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In the nineteen-sixties, Joseph Weizenbaum, a computer scientist at M.I.T., created a computer program called Eliza. It was designed to simulate Rogerian therapy, in which the patient directs the conversation and the therapist often repeats her language back to her.
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England has become the first country in the world to launch clinical training in perinatal mental health using extended reality (XR) technology.
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Virtual RealityXR
XRHealth and Amelia Virtual Care Announce Merger, Creating the Largest XR Therapeutics Platform in the World
by asabysby asabysBoth Companies will Be merged Under the XRHealth Brand Name and By the End of the Year Are Forecasted to Have over 500K VR Treatments, Exceed 25K Patients Treated, and Be Deployed by Over 2500 Clinicians.