VIRTUAL REALITY Harmonizing Health: Analyzing the Effects of Music Therapy on Stress Reduction

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1. TERM PAPER
BY
NAME:
STUDENT ID: A0013300__
CANADOORE COLLEGE, NORTH BAY
HCA 104 HEALTH CARE ADMIN ETHICS
PROFESSOR:
SUBMISSION DATE: MARCH 31
ST
2024.

2. TOPIC: VIRTUAL REALITY
(Emerging Technology in
Healthcare)

3. Technically,computergeneratedenvironmentwhichcanbe
exploredandinteractedwithbyaperson.
Inapartofavirtualworld,humanarecapabletomanipulate
objectsorperformaseriesofactions.
Thistermpaperwillexplorethebarriersthathinderthe
implementationofVRinhealthcare,thestrategiesthatmaybe
employedtoaidtheimplementationofVRinhealthcare.
INTRODUCTION

4. BENEFITS OF VIRTUAL REALITY
Stake Holders Needs, Wants & Expectations
Physicians and Other
Care Givers
•Improved clinical outcomes, improved
diagnosis and treatment.
•Medical education and training
Patients •Improved patients’ experience and
physiological well-being.
•Use of virtual reality to enhance vision
of the visually impaired.
•Improved patient safety
•Skill enhancement and rehabilitation
Organisations •Enhanced efficiency of internal
operations, cost containment,
increased productivity and quality and
outcomes improvement.

5. a.Nursing student wearing
a virtual reality headset.
b.Performing a cardiac
examination on a virtual
patient.
c.Projecting a virtual
reality experience on
multiple screens for
group learning.
d.Pupil responses to light
in a virtual patient.
Jack Pottle Future HealthcJ 2019;6:181-185
© Royal College of Physicians 2019. All rights reserved.
VIRTUAL REALITY IN USE

6. LackofexperienceinworkingwithVRduringtreatment
Causeslackofconfidenceandself-efficacyinhealthcare
providers
LackoftimeandlimitedopportunitiestolearnhowtouseVR
TechnicalmalfunctioningofVRhardwareorsoftware
LackofclientsafetywhilewearingaVRheadsetdueto:
Limitedspaceofthetreatmentroom
Limitedfreedomofmovement
Severalcognitivelimitations
Distress,orcybersicknessduringVR,
HighcoststopurchaseVRequipment
LackoftimetrainingformaintainingtheVRhardware
Organizationsnotbeinginnovation-minded.
BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION

7. TrainingandEducationofhealthcareprovidersonVRuse.
Givesupporttohealthcareprovidersinselectingappropriate
contentinVRthatfitsthepatient’sneeds.
ProvideinformationonhowtoinstructthepatientaboutVR
treatment.
DiscussthepotentialandaddedvalueofVRfromexperienced
healthcareproviderswhosharetheirexperiencewithVRto
motivateotherstointegrateVRintotheirtreatment.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES

8. Healthcareorganizationshouldprovidesupport,time,room,
andtechnicalsystemsupporttohealthcareproviderstolearn
anduseVR.
ToenhancetheadoptionofVRtechnologythroughtraining
andeducationonhowtouseandintegrateVRintotreatment.
Toincreasetheirknowledge,skills,andexperienceof
healthcareproviderswithVRtofeelconfidentandincrease
self-efficacyinusingVRintreatmentwithpatients.
RECOMMENDATIONS

9. Thistermpapercomestotheconclusionthat,withcareful
implementation,virtualrealitycanimprovethequalityof
care.
ThemostcommonbarrierswereaperceivedlackofVR
experience,alackofverifiedproofofVR'saddedvalue,anda
lackofpracticalresources.
Theimplementationstrategiesareprovidinghealthcare
providerswithtimeandspacetolearnaboutvirtualreality
(VR)andapplyittotheirtreatments,aswellaspractical
resourcesandorganizationalsupport.
CONCLUSION

10. The Medical Futurist. (2018, July 16).One-Minute Challenge: Virtual Reality -The
Medical Futurist[Video].
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