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By  Jessica Hagen 11:46 am March 31, 2023
During Thursday's vMed 2023 conference hosted by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, speakers discussed medical extended reality's place within mental healthcare and the risks and benefits associated with mental health treatment in the metaverse.    "I finished a 200-page report for the European Commission, and they wanted to know what the opportunities and challenges were as we move from...
By  Neil Versel 02:19 am October 10, 2013
I've long been skeptical about the direct-to-consumer approach in digital health and of those who push slick apps and gadgets to a market that wants simple rather than flashy. "The vast majority of healthcare spending comes not from workout freaks and the worried well, but from chronic diseases and acute care," I wrote in a particularly inflammatory column in February. Now I'm starting to believe...