Ivan Wall, the director of Resilience and a professor of regenerative medicine at the University of Birmingham. Pic credit: Resilience
A £4.3 million UK government scheme is aiming to inspire more than 140,000 people…
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Background: Smoking cessation remains a global challenge, with traditional treatments showing limited long-term success due to low adherence and accessibility issues. Digital therapeutics, such as mobile apps and virtual reality (VR)–based interventions, could offer…
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1. Do We Have a Need for Truly Future-Proof Hardware?
Wi-Fi 7 is designed to support next-generation applications, including 8K video streaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, home healthcare delivery, real-time monitoring and artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic…
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– Osso VR, a leader in immersive healthcare training, has announced early access to its new virtual reality (VR) nursing solution, Osso Nurse Training. The platform is designed to optimize how…
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Duchess of Edinburgh with patient Brayden and Lucy Dickinson, play specialist and VR lead at Leeds Children’s Hospital (Credit: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust)
Virtual reality (VR) technology is being used at Leeds Children’s…
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The healthcare industry is experiencing a technological revolution as major health systems increasingly collaborate with Big Tech giants to implement cutting-edge artificial intelligence and virtual reality solutions. These strategic partnerships are transforming patient care,…
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Private equity firm HealthpointCapital, which focuses on the musculoskeletal care sector, has acquired a majority stake in ImmersiveTouch, a medical extended reality (medical XR) company that enables surgeons to visualize and plan surgeries. Extended reality…
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Sensitive, compassionate and caring students increase their communication and nursing skills while wearing virtual reality glasses, according to those in North Carolina Central University’s nursing program experiencing VR simulations aided by generative artificial intelligence. While…
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Dr. Scott Schell, Chief Medical Officer, Cognizant
As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, proposed updates to federal healthcare cybersecurity standards have reignited debate across the industry. Introduced in December 2024, these regulations represent the first…
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Theresa McDonnell, DNP, RN, is somewhat unusual when it comes to healthcare executives. She serves as chief nurse executive at Duke University Health System, one of the top academic health systems in the U.S….
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