The new company Harvard MedTech https://www.harvardmedtech.com is tapping the new science of how the brain works.
This is being done by combining specially designed virtual reality experiences, psychosocial support, digital engagement, and proprietary AI algorithms to retrain neural pathways to alleviate the effects of trauma, including pain, PTSD, anxiety, depression and sleep disorders.
The company’s new Vx Therapy model is able to integrate the unique combination of digital technologies with behavioral health interventions, in a virtual application that is able to move the point of care to the patient’s home.
The therapy used in the home is coupled with personalized behavioral health intervention strategies that teach more skills on how to permanently lower pain and discomfort that contribute to depression and sleep disorders.
In a recent study, a group of 36 patients with chronic debilitating pain from workplace injuries participated in the Vx Therapy program. Results showed that pain levels were reduced an average of 40% while wearing headsets, and on average, patients experienced 2.8 hours of relief post treatment. As for medication usage which was also tracked, 69% of patients reported either a decrease (31%) or a complete cessation (38% of opiate use.
Most importantly, patients in the study became more pain resilient and learned to function better, largely in part to their reduced levels of pain. Patients were able to experience discomfort without a spike in anxiety, indicating that their psychological well-being was improving and they were better prepared to be reintegrated into daily life.
The virtual reality experience now being used by major medical institutions and workers’ compensation organizations has been shown to reduce costs and has been used successfully with wounded Special Forces Marines with wartime injuries causing chronic pain.
For more information contact PMcCutcheon@harvardmedtech.com or call 516-946-7938.