A recent study published in PLOS One and conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers in Boston reveals virtual reality use during hand surgery led to significant reductions in intraoperative anesthetic without negatively impacting patient-reported outcomes.
In a small, eight-month randomized controlled trial, researchers evaluated 34 patients undergoing hand surgery and the...
The adoption of a unified framework for the prediction of patient length of stay (LoS) could provide more reliable estimates of the LoS and lead to improvements in patient care, increased service efficiency and more closely controlled hospital costs.
These were the results of a study published in PLOS, which examined 93 studies from 1970 to 2019 to identify efforts to predict and reduce the LoS...
Doctor's orders could look a little greener in the future. Researchers at the Beth Israel Digital Psychiatry Lab are investigating the correlation between mental health and time spent in green spaces.
"I think where it becomes interesting, at least from a mental health point of view, is we know the environment has a tremendous impact on all of health. But we've never been able to quantify people...
Facebook posts could be a window into more than just what you did last weekend. It turns out the language used in a Facebook post can predict if a user has a certain medication condition, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE.
Academics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine set out to research if Facebook posts could predict conditions that were already recorded in a...
Augmented reality combined with robotics could enable people with physical disabilities to be more independent, according to a study recently published in PLOS ONE.
Researchers from Georgia Tech have developed a new augmented reality system that lets people with severe motor disabilities control a human-sized robot to help with self care through a mouse or small assitive device.
“Our results...
