Digital Health Apps Have Underperformed, But VR Is ‘Very Different’ – Cedars-Sinai Virtual Medicine

Virtual Reality Therapy Is Drawing Strong Pharma Attention, Says Director Brennan Spiegel

Cedars-Sinai’s Virtual Medicine director Brennan Spiegel discusses the shortage of mental health professional resources and how Medical Extended Reality – e.g., immersing patients in a virtual world with an AI therapy avatar – is helping to address depression, pain, and a growing host of health and wellness needs in hospital and consumer settings.

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Dr. Brennan Spiegel, director of health services research for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, author of the book “VRX: How Virtual Therapeutics...

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