Virtual messages are paving the way for patients to see what their future will entail if they continue their unhealthy lifestyle habits. Researchers are recommending virtual tools to foster patient accountability, according to SECFilings.com.
Here are five notes:
1. Virtual reality is an optimal tool for preventative healthcare by making patients more likely to change behaviors through "experiencing" their future.
2. A single two- to five-minute scenario is approximately $150,000.
3. Next Galaxy is working to lower costs and provide technology to the masses. Google Cardboard, a viewer that folds around a smartphone, only costs $30.00.
4. The company has worked with Miami Children's Health Systems to devise a virtual reality CPR course to train healthcare professionals and others.
5. Virtual technologies could be utilized to provide patients with pre-surgery instructions by allowing them to "experience" the procedure beforehand, thus resulting in fewer malpractice lawsuits citing patient misunderstandings.
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