The COVID-19 crisis has pushed many healthcare providers to upgrade their telehealth and virtual patient engagement offerings. Patients will not want to give these options up when the pandemic has ...

Many health systems with virtual nursing programs say these remote care models have strong ROI — but few share specific wins and results. Bedside nurses have shared mixed reviews on virtual nursing.

Virtual nurse Adrienne Sanchez prepares to connect with a patient at LMH Health. Telemedicine isn’t a new concept in health care. Connecting with your health care provider online is a great way to get ...

More cancer centers are introducing virtual reality headsets, which can help relieve anxiety and pain and educate patients about their treatments. Given the choice of being on a beach or in an ...

During the dark early months of the pandemic, so many people flocked to virtual care that pundits started to question whether they’d ever return to physical offices. But when physicians came back — in ...

Riverside Health System is exploring how virtual reality can benefit its cancer patients. Music therapy coordinator Greg Gernon was participating in a health fair when an attendee said he was ...

Pain medications are not all created equal; effects – and side effects – vary. For many hospital patients, pain is part of their reality. According to a new study, however, an unreal environment might ...

In an effort to develop a vaccine for HIV (above), scientists at Harvard and MIT have started to perform many of their experiments in biologically accurate virtual environments. Credit: Ian ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. - Ireland Army Health Clinic announces a new virtual health care tool – My Military Health Scheduled Virtual Visits. “Our patients want choices in how they receive their health care,” ...

Texas A&M University researchers have found that a brief virtual reality (VR) simulation of a near-death experience can ...