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Originally published:<\/strong> 2024-07-13T20:30:00+00:00. Historical source article: benefits, rules, amounts and deadlines may have changed. Check the official source for current information.<\/p>\n

Veterans, VA leadership, industry and academia came together in June for the 2024 VA Immersive Summit. The annual event is held to promote collaboration on behalf of immersive technology adoption and expansion across VA. <\/p>\n

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Dr. Clancy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The VA Immersive Summit is organized by VA\u2019s Strategic Initiatives Lab and showcases the real-world benefits of immersive technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) on Veteran care and employee well-being.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re committed to focus not only on expanding the application of immersive technologies but also ensuring its evidence-based implementation across VA, and paving a new path for health care delivery,\u201d said Dr. Carolyn Clancy, assistant under secretary for Health for the Office of Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks (DEAN).<\/p>\n

A special panel was featured with the Vietnam Veteran Aviators<\/a>.<\/p>\n

VA has deployed over 3,500 virtual reality (VR) headsets across more than 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics in all 50 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa. With over 10,000 Veteran experiences, providers are focused on methods of increased access.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve almost tripled the number of headsets.\u201d<\/h2>\n

Attendees had the opportunity to celebrate successes, reflect on lessons learned over the past year and get their heads in headsets during demonstrations that allowed them to experience the potential first-hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came out of the Immersive Summit last year making a few promises, looking at increasing more headsets, standardizing training and ensuring that we had better access to our data,\u201d said Dr. Susan Kirsh,\u00a0 deputy assistant under secretary for Health for DEAN. \u201cWe\u2019ve almost tripled the number of headsets in distribution and we\u2019re not going to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

In October 2023, under the guidance of the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning and DEAN, the Strategic Initiatives Lab (\u201cStrat Lab\u201d) was developed to take on forms of disruptive innovation that have a higher likelihood of failure or deemed too risky. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Strat Lab\u2019s acceleration model was built upon lessons learned from the evolution of immersive technology and their impact on Veteran care. The team identifies emerging technologies that pose the opportunity to replicate the growth and impact of immersive tech and creates opportunities for testing, evaluation and if effective, implementation.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the successes of immersive technology in VA health care, visit the VA Immersive website<\/a> or the YouTube playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a>. Its Veterans is an independent publication and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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