StartUp Health March 10, 2023
Personal experience and a dearth of qualified clinicians lead this innovative “digiceuticals” company to develop better, more accessible care management for patients and providers through haptics and immersive VR/AR.
Challenge
Physical and occupational therapists provide treatment over a period of time to heal, strengthen, and support better muscle and movement control. Doctors note their patient’s PT/OT progress through handwritten notes during periodic visits, a process that is inefficient and incomplete. There’s often no correlation shown between what’s on the page and patient improvement. Additionally, many patients don’t see these assessments and can’t tell whether they’re progressing/healing or even doing the exercises correctly.
Hurdles to more effective physiotherapy are many. Demand for PT outweighs the number of clinicians available...