Samsung Canada Extends Partnership with Holland Bloorview in Support of Autism Research Watches and tablets will be used in a study examining the effectiveness of virtual reality (V/R) technology in reducing anxiety related to visiting the dentist. Study participants will receive a Samsung tablet … [Read more...]

UMass Research Focuses on Helping Seniors Play mHealth Games An NIH-funded project at UMass-Amherst is studying how mHealth games can be used to help seniors with mild cognitive impairment improve their brain function. A University of Massachusetts researcher is studying whether mHealth games can … [Read more...]

‘Game-Changing’ Digital Avatars Allow Psychosis Patients to Come Face-to-Face with the Voices in Their Head The trial ‘could be a game changer in terms of enabling access to psychological therapies for people with distressing voices’ The use of digital avatars to represent voices heard by people … [Read more...]

MindMaze Defines the Future of Brain Health with Digital Neurotherapeutics Portfolio LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- MindMaze Healthcare (MMHC), a global pioneer in the multibillion-dollar digital neurotherapeutics market, today shared its roadmap for its commercial product portfolio and clinical … [Read more...]

Neurogaming is Changing Therapy NEUROGAMING is still a relatively new field although Lat Ware demonstrated the confluence of brain science and video game design with his meditative competitive game Throw Trucks With Your Mind already in 2014. The game allowed people to perform certain actions … [Read more...]

How Virtual Worlds Could Soon Become Essential Training Tools Video games offer students obvious respite from the stresses of studies and, now, a study from a University of Ottawa medical student has found they could benefit surgical skills training. Arnav Gupta carries a heavy course load as a … [Read more...]

Nursing home residents with severe impairment due to dementia had significant cognitive and physical skill improvement after training regularly on a motivating fitness game known as Exergame, according to researchers from ETH Zürich, in Switzerland. Previous studies in healthy elders without … [Read more...]

https://vimeo.com/477691267 Medical Video Games: Level Ex Enters the Pharma-Sales Relationship Level Ex has launched two new video game platforms designed to improve the relationships between companies and healthcare professionals, something which has been a challenge in the pandemic. Chloe Kent … [Read more...]

Games Giant Epic Injects $US100k Into Australian Virtual Reality Medical Simulation Team Epic Games, maker of Fortnite and Gears of War, has granted $US100,000 to EmergiSim, a partnership between TacMed Australia and Spectre Studios, enabling it to further expand its platform, invest in the … [Read more...]

MindMaze to Co-Host Virtual Symposium on Next Generation Virtual Neurorehabilitation and Neurorestoration Technologies at ASNR LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- MindMaze, a global leader in evidence-based neurorehabilitation, neurorestoration and brain health, today announced that it will co-host a … [Read more...]

Serious Game Versus Standard Care For Rehabilitation After Distal Radius Fractures: A Protocol for a Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial Distal radius fractures are among the most prevalent traumatic injuries worldwide. These injuries are associated with high healthcare-related and … [Read more...]

Virtual Reality Giving MetroHealth Neurosurgeons a Chance to ‘Pre-Do’ Brain Surgery Brain tech in Cleveland   CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If you walk into the office of MetroHealth neurosurgeon Dr. Deven Reddy at the right moment, you might think he’s playing a virtual reality video game. In … [Read more...]

Gamification in Nursing Literature: An Integrative Review Gamification is an increasingly popular instructional strategy in nursing. The purpose of this integrative review is to explore gamification as it has been applied in nursing literature. This integrative review seeks to ask the question – … [Read more...]

Serious Games and Digital Therapeutics: Contributing to Technology Ecosystems In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development and adoption of digital clinical solutions, particularly those related to telemedicine and remote patient care. This drive has occurred largely from the need … [Read more...]

Ender’s Game: How to Game Our Way to Vaccine Understanding How digital solutions – including games and animation – can play a critical role in disseminating accurate and effective information about the crucial COVID vaccine The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is gearing up to be the largest, … [Read more...]

The Added Value of Simulation-Based Training in Healthcare Simulation-based training is an important part of the development and learning process of knowledge and skills. For example, a pilot learns to fly in a simulator instead of an actual airplane first, and initially, in healthcare a nurse … [Read more...]

Side Effects of Virtual Reality Exercise The term “exergaming” refers to technology-driven activities, such as video gameplay, that require participants to be physically active in order to play the game. It can distract you from the discomforts of exercise and motivate you to repeat the workout day … [Read more...]

Serious Game Platform as a Possibility for Home-Based Telerehabilitation for Individuals With Cerebral Palsy During COVID-19 Quarantine INTRODUCTION: There is a need to maintain rehabilitation activities and motivate movement and physical activity during quarantine in individuals with Cerebral … [Read more...]

Game-Based Learning and Nursing Students' Clinical Judgment in Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Pilot Study Nurse educators are searching for ways to deliver and evaluate the clinical judgment model (CJM) into undergraduate education to adequately prepare students for the Next Generation NCLEX … [Read more...]

Elsevier Advances Nursing Education by Offering Innovative Virtual Reality Healthcare Simulations to Schools Across North America The advanced Simulation Learning System for RN with Virtual Reality (SLS with VR), created in collaboration with SimX, features 100 virtual reality patient scenarios and … [Read more...]