Does a path to improved patient experience lie through the use of technology? This is a question on my mind after reading Liberti and Triberati’s (2014) article Patient-centered virtual reality: an opportunity to improve the quality of patient’s experience. How does this hyped-up new technology link to developing improvements in the care of patients through consideration of their needs and values? There is considerable evidence...
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Virtual Reality technology use in the context of healthcare is new, exciting, and, as is often the case with hyped-up tech, being used without a complete understanding of the benefits and risks. The use of immersive virtual reality (IVR) has shown great promise in distraction from pain, training for cognitive and hands-on surgical work, as well as anxiety reduction and improving provider empathy skills. It may be relatively easy to...
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