Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) is used widely in the domain of patient care, however, the documentation of VR for female patients’ health outcomes is limited. Digital Futures has put together a paper that presents data from 21 selected studies from around the world.
The paper aims to provide insights into how VR can be used to improve female healthcare, available technologies, content creation, research practices, evaluation metrics, barriers, and solutions. Improving women’s health outcomes through education and accessible information is a top priority in the UK Women’s Health Strategy 2022 report. Our hope is to inspire interesting discussions that may lead to the wider adoption of VR for female health.
Extended Reality (XR) Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) are used across various healthcare pathways for staff/student education and training, and for improving patient experiences. As XR HMDs become affordable, accessible and their acceptance increases, it is critical to document the techniques used for evaluating the technology, processes of user engagement and immersion, and outcomes.
The reason for this application experience is to try and reduce the anxiety that adolescents feel when coming into the hospital, going into the unknown
Exploring the use of XR technology to bridge the realism gap inherent within simulations that focus on community care environments.
VR to improve female health outcomes: Review of use cases, technologies, content, research and evaluation practices, barriers, and solutions
Immersive 360-degree video films programme for non-technical skills education
