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Wearable Device Being Tested to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths Using Harm Reduction

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Dramatic advances in life-saving technology often meet decades of delay before word of its availability makes it to behavioral professionals. New Sleep Therapy Company Primasun Combines Sleep Technology & Sleep Research. Virtual Reality Pain Management with Children.

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The Evolution of Healthcare at Home, the Technology Driving this Change, and It’s Impact on the World of Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Telehealth advancements, both in technology and government policy, have created greater access to care for people who might otherwise struggle to get it. You can look at something like the lack of primary care providers to meet demand and see that there’s an immense need for solutions that create flexibility and efficiency in healthcare.

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#087: Can Virtual Reality be Considered a Medical Device?

Digital Health Today

Those guests, who all happened to be doctors leading in the field, spoke about their work across a wide variety of use cases, such as patient education, treating mental health condition, pain management, surgical training and actual live surgery. The problems that VR can be used to help solve in healthcare.

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Doctor ‘VR’: Empowering patients and healthcare professionals

New Age Healthcare

But little did he know that the next step towards complete recovery is regular physiotherapy sessions that he has to undergo, which in itself is a painful ordeal. Empowering Patients: VR plays a major role in pain management, rehabilitation, social cognition training, and treatment of depressions, trauma and imaging.

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Doctor ‘VR’: Empowering patients and healthcare professionals

New Age Healthcare

But little did he know that the next step towards complete recovery is regular physiotherapy sessions that he has to undergo, which in itself is a painful ordeal. Empowering Patients: VR plays a major role in pain management, rehabilitation, social cognition training, and treatment of depressions, trauma and imaging.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

To keep employees engaged, Hillcrest Hospital South offers employees flexible schedules, such as working Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to meet family obligations during the week. Employees also have access to Real Appeal, a weight management program, and tobacco cessation assistance. Holston Medical Group (Kingsport, Tenn.).