Becker's Healthcare March 7, 2023
Noah Schwartz

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital is partnering with virtual reality therapeutics company Rocket VR Health on an 80-patient trial that will study the effect VR has on the quality of life for blood cancer patients.

The patients — who are undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation — will receive headsets designed to reduce stress during the four-week procedure.

Mass General and Rocket VR Health first partnered in 2021 to co-develop the virtual reality tool, according to a March 7 Rocket VR Health news release.

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