Live Webinar Applications of Virtual Reality Technology in the Healthcare Industry by Valerie McCleary

Key Points:

Virtual Reality                                
Augmented Reality
Healthcare IT
Healthcare Technology
Healthcare Disruptions
Patient Empowerment
Virtual Assistants
Virtual Reality Immersion

Description:

Virtual reality technology has become an exciting and growing reality when it is applied to a variety of uses in the healthcare industry. This webinar will explain in basic terms what virtual reality encompasses, the various forms it takes and the five immersive levels that exist in this specific genre of computer technology. Various aspects that influence virtual reality will be discussed and examples will be provided. Come learn how this popular gaming technology is flourishing when it is applied to healthcare treatments, trainings and operations- all while cutting healthcare costs.

Medical virtual reality technology is beginning to revolutionize four key areas of healthcare with positive results. It is improving patient health in many areas of medicine such as (and not limited to) addressing the obesity epidemic, treating macular degeneration, autism, phobias, PTSD, improving neural networks in limbs, and numerous other non-therapeutic uses such as stress, pain and sleep management. Virtual assistants can provide three major roles to drastically change healthcare delivery and increase physician satisfaction while simultaneously reducing the incidence of physician burnout.

Session Highlights:

Description of virtual reality technology
Description of augmented reality technology
Disruptions in healthcare
Four key areas where medical virtual reality is yielding positive results
Duties and benefits of virtual assistants
The concept of virtual reality immersion and the three levels of immersion
Five influencers of a virtual reality environment
Challenges instituting virtual reality technology in healthcare

Why Should You Attend?

Gain a basic knowledge of virtual reality technology
Be able to explain the ways that this technology is rapidly advancing healthcare industry practices 
Be able to distinguish between virtual reality and augmented reality
Be able to explain what a disruption is and how this disruption is revolutionizing the healthcare industry
Be able to explain how virtual reality is empowering patients, increasing physician satisfaction and reducing physician burnout
Be able to share examples of medical uses of virtual reality technology as well as non-medical therapeutic uses
Be able to list several applications of virtual reality technology
Be able to identify and describe four key areas where positive results are being made using virtual reality
Be able to describe the duties and benefits of virtual assistants
Explain virtual reality immersion and the levels of immersion
Be able to explain five influencers of a virtual reality environment
Be able to identify challenges incorporating virtual reality in healthcare

Who Should Attend?

Anyone desiring to learning about virtual reality technology in healthcare
Healthcare students and residents, medical school faculty and deans
Healthcare providers and professionals
Healthcare CEOs
Healthcare IT Directors and staff
Healthcare office managers and staff