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Virtual reality headsets ease treatments for young patients at Advocate Children’s Hospitals

Virtual reality headsets ease treatments for young patients at Advocate Children’s Hospitals.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneApr 26th, 2024

Virtual reality could revolutionize mental-health treatments, including ketamine therapy, for conditions like depression and anxiety

Virtual reality could revolutionize mental-health treatments, including ketamine therapy, for conditions like depression and anxiety.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 2nd, 2024

In major cell therapy manufacturing deal, UCSF, biotech tools leader Thermo Fisher go small to go big

The new cell therapy manufacturing facility, which will open early next year, will be able to deliver highly specialized cell therapies to patients in clinical trials at UCSF's women's, children's and cancer hospitals complex across Mariposa Street......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 19th, 2021

Space Force is using virtual-reality headsets to train its Guardians to work on satellites

The latest branch of the military hired a contractor to develop simulations of satellite missions......»»

Category: topSource: washpostMar 12th, 2021

Hospitals turn to artificial intelligence to help with an age-old problem: Doctors’ poor bedside manners

In an age of telemedicine, doctors are turning to virtual patients powered by artificial intelligence to learn how to better interact with real people......»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 16th, 2021

What We Know About the Impact of Covid-19 on Children

Young children typically are “superspreaders” of respiratory germs, so it’s puzzling that they don’t seem to be major transmitters of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. They’re also relatively absent among hospitalized patients. Initially, t.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 15th, 2021

These tech startups enable surgeons to train and supervise operations remotely during the pandemic

Surgeons can work and train from home using virtual and augmented reality - a process hundreds of hospitals in the US have already begun to adopt. A surgeon navigates a ballistic fracture using Immersiv.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytFeb 13th, 2021

: This film shows off virtual reality’s growing potential to compete with movies, TV, and gaming as our dominant form of entertainment

The short VR film Baba Yaga, released on Facebook's Oculus headsets, shows off the new medium's narrative potential.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJan 16th, 2021

: Hospitals have to publicly list the cost of care. Here’s what the numbers do — and don’t — reveal for patients shopping around

'Our issue with transparency is it is only a tool, it is not the savior,' one advocate said......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJan 5th, 2021

Virtual ICU model aiding in Allegheny Health Network"s pandemic response

The Allegheny Health Network has been able to increase its ICU capacity at four of its regional hospitals as part of a partnership with St. Louis-based Mercy Virtual, which is providing remote monitoring of patients who are currently receiving inte.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 30th, 2020

Drugmakers want to know if their therapies can keep COVID-19 patients off ventilators

Several experimental therapies being tested as treatments for COVID-19 patients who are severely ill with COVID-19 aim to reduce reliance on mechanical ventilators, which are in short supply in some American hospitals......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 17th, 2020

Jefferson CEO battling COVID-19 on multiple fronts, expects ‘immense’ impact on health care providers

Jefferson CEO Dr. Stephen Klasko talks about coping with the coronavirus, keeping patients and employees safe, embracing online learning, protecting safety net hospitals, planning a virtual fashion show and more......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 15th, 2020

"The scary things that this virus can do": Doctors across NYC share the harrowing reality of caring for oxygen-starved coronavirus patients as equipment runs short

Mount Sinai New York City's hospitals are filling with coronavirus patients as the pandemic hits the city.  In response, hospitals are finding new wa.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 4th, 2020

"Which VR headsets work with Steam?": A full guide to virtual reality on the Steam gaming app

Oculus VR Nearly t.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderDec 31st, 2019

The beloved "Half-Life" series finally got a new game, but there"s a good reason it"s not the sequel fans were expecting

"Half-Life Alyx"/ Valve For the first time in over a decade, the beloved "Half-Life" video game series is getting a new entry: "Half-Life: Alyx." The game is scheduled to arrive in March 2020, and it can only be played in virtual reality headsets......»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 23rd, 2019

The secret and frustrating life of a Google contract worker

Kevin Kiprovski had a lofty title, "Expeditions Associate," and a fun job — he got to demo Google virtual reality gear to young students......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralNov 7th, 2019

The secret and frustrating life of a Google contract worker

Kevin Kiprovski had a lofty title, "Expeditions Associate," and a fun job — he got to demo Google virtual reality gear to young students......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralNov 7th, 2019

Google abandons its phone-powered virtual reality headset Daydream, admitting almost no-one used it (GOOG)

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Google is abandoning Daydream, its attempt to make virtual reality headsets powered by phones. The company.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 16th, 2019

The latest tool to help police develop empathy for the public: Virtual reality headsets

To help law enforcement officers resolve emergency situations, one company has created empathy training based in virtual reality......»»

Category: topSource: washpostSep 20th, 2019

The hospital treated these patients, and then it sued them

The first time Carlsbad Medical Center sued Misti Price, she was newly divorced and working two jobs to support her three young children......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralSep 3rd, 2019

The hospital treated these patients, and then it sued them

The first time Carlsbad Medical Center sued Misti Price, she was newly divorced and working two jobs to support her three young children......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralSep 3rd, 2019