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Virtual Reality In Healthcare Assists Surgery, Medical Education

Virtual reality in healthcare can help with medical education as well as assist in surgeries for more accuracy.

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By Elizabeth O'Dowd

- Virtual reality in healthcare is developing as new applications are developed to cater to the healthcare industry, according to a recent report from Kalorama Information.

“In its earlier manifestation, virtual reality was hardly equipped for the medical arena,” said report authors. “Physicians didn't have the time, hospitals didn't have the space and budgets didn't have the money to fully entertain VR's potential in healthcare.”

The report discovered that the use of virtual reality and augmented reality have the most potential in surgical settings. The technology can help surgeons gain precision and is also seen as an addition to anticipated robot-assisted surgery.