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How virtual reality can help address the mental health professional shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

More people are in need of mental health treatment today than ever before, but there just aren't enough therapists to meet the growing demand. received mental health treatment or counseling. You have said that virtual reality is "the goldilocks" mental healthcare needs. million adults in the U.S.

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Older Adults & Virtual Reality Mental Health

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Older adults are at greater risk of developing the mental health consequences associated with poor well-being, including depression, loneliness, mood disorders, physical health issues like heart disease, and more rapid physiological health declines (Hawkley & Cacioppo, 2007 ). Virtual Reality Mental Health.

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. While technology is embedded in this list, the headlines have more to do with social, mental, and behavioral health than pure-play technology and devices.

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Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians

Health Populi

More younger doctors recognize the “immediate value” of telehealth, Philips found: 61% of younger doctors said telehealth was among the top digital health technologies that would have most improved their experience during the pandemic. Philips presented more granular data for each of the five countries studied.

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

Digital technology, especially mobile technology is not something to be used in a vacuum in this clinical setting. There are significant physical and mental health issues associated with opioid substance abuse which require human intervention, at times on a frequent outpatient or inpatient basis.

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Why have billion dollar digital health companies struggled since the pandemic?

Lloyd Price

In 2019 investors remained bullish on the digital health sector and continued to pour money into companies leveraging technology to improve healthcare delivery, reduce costs, and enhance patient outcomes. According to a report by CB Insights, digital health companies raised a total of $14.1

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Five Things Digital Health Companies Need to do to Achieve Success

The Digital Health Corner

The objective of my blog, which began in 2011, was and remains educating the reader (clinicians, healthcare IT community, patients and caregivers, and other healthcare stakeholders about digital health technology and how it is relevant to the changing healthcare environment. Form digital partnerships.