Extended Reality for Enhanced Telehealth During and Beyond COVID-19: Viewpoint

The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread challenges and revealed vulnerabilities across global health care systems. In response, many health care providers turned to telehealth solutions, which have been widely embraced and are likely to become standard for modern care. Immersive extended reality (XR...

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Autores principales: Ong, Triton, Wilczewski, Hattie, Paige, Samantha R, Soni, Hiral, Welch, Brandon M, Bunnell, Brian E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2021
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Viewpoint
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8315161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34227992
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/26520
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Sumario:The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread challenges and revealed vulnerabilities across global health care systems. In response, many health care providers turned to telehealth solutions, which have been widely embraced and are likely to become standard for modern care. Immersive extended reality (XR) technologies have the potential to enhance telehealth with greater acceptability, engagement, and presence. However, numerous technical, logistic, and clinical barriers remain to the incorporation of XR technology into telehealth practice. COVID-19 may accelerate the union of XR and telehealth as researchers explore novel solutions to close social distances. In this viewpoint, we highlight research demonstrations of XR telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss future directions to make XR the next evolution of remote health care.

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