HealthTech October 1, 2020
Virtual reality solutions give medical schools and healthcare organizations a new way to teach clinicians, patients and the public.
When George Washington University Hospital admitted its first COVID-19 patient in March, clinicians turned to virtual reality to help them better understand what the disease was doing to the patient’s lungs.
The organization already relied on VR software and Oculus headsets in other instances to give patients a visual representation of their own conditions. But with the coronavirus presenting new and complex challenges, leaders saw an opportunity to use the tools to get a better grasp on the disease themselves.
“As clinicians, it gave us a better look at the disease radiographically,” says Dr. Keith Mortman, director of thoracic surgery at...
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