TEST

As immersive technology and innovation moves forward, it is important that accurate assessment of its safety, efficacy, and effects on human behavioral, mental, and physiological health is observed and reported. Many of the labs in our program are involved in assessment of these objectives in their own or others innovations. In addition, measurement based care and the electronic records systems in our clinics are allowing analysis of VR interventions and their outcomes in new and efficient ways.

 We perform evaluations of immersive technology in a myriad of ways. At the most basic level we are performing feasibility evaluations by activities such as providing real world clinical expertise feedback to developers.  We also have created clinical focus groups of providers or patients as needed.   More complex evaluative activities include clinical feasibility and efficacy trials using internal and external research funding or industry sponsored grants.  Whether it be a thru a small business innovation research support (SBIR), internal seed grants, private donations, or large sought after NIH/NIMH multisite trials, VR-IT is dedicated to protecting the safety of consumers, discovering the facts, and documenting the effects of immersive technologies on the human nervous system.

It is important to distinguishing truth from claims with rigorous scientific design.  Our independent academic laboratories have systems to minimize conflicts of interest making us a wonderful unbiased partner in developing emmerging technology thru the evaluative process.

Psychiatry’s VR-IT program is uniquely positioned within a large psychiatric care system and series of clinics allowing bedside observations and hypotheses to be made.  Mental and behavioral health providers are sometimes in the best position to come up with inventions and brainstorm ideas for helping patients and providers to effectively use VR/AR technologies. Stanford campus, its community and location within the Silicon Valley offer incredibly rich networks of collaboration for developing immersive therapy ideas.  Below are some examples of the bright ideas that have emerged from our unique vantage from groups within the department who have some bright ideas for harnessing immersive technology for creating good.  Please contact us if you’d like to be involved or have ideas for us at Stanford’s VR-IT program.

TREAT

"We are harnessing immersive technology
to rewire the brain."

TEACH

Stanford VR-IT Program interfaces with community at  many systems levels.  We want to be a leader in the creation and dissemination of best practices for virtual and immersive technology in mental and behavioral health.  Below you can see the ways we collaborate and share information to improve care.  

If you'd like to be involved, please drop us a line here.

CONNECT

Collaborators

STANFORD PSYCHIATRY IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM (SPIT-C)

Faculty

RESOURCES

Virtual Medicine | Cedars-Sinai | Best Practices in Medical VR

Developed by the VR clinical research team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, with generous support from the Marc and Sheri Rapaport Fund for Digital Health Sciences and Precision Health and the Mayday Fund, Virtual Medicine is a two-day symposium and hands-on workshop that convenes the brightest minds in therapeutic VR. Visit their website to watch videos from the event:

https://www.virtualmedicine.health/2018-videos

CONTACT US

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