HealthLeaders Media March 8, 2023
The hospital is launching a pilot program in which 80 patients being treated for blood cancer will use a VR platform to address behavioral health and care management issues.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Massachusetts General Hospital and Rocket VR Health have been collaborating since 2021 on virtual reality-based digital therapeutic treatments.
– The latest project will use a VR platform to address quality of life, symptom burden, psychological distress, and self-efficacy for patients with blood cancer who are undergoing hematopoetic set cell transplants (HCT).
– These patients live with a variety of health and wellness concerns during and after treatment, which includes a month-long hospital stay.
Massachusetts General Hospital will be enrolling 80 patients in a trial program testing the value...
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