Abstract
Patients are typically debriefed by their healthcare provider after any medical procedure or surgery to discuss their findings and any next steps involving medication or treatment instructions. However, without any medical or scientific background knowledge, it can feel overwhelming and esoteric for a patient to listen to a physician describe a complex operation. Instead, providing patients with engaging visuals and a virtual reality (VR) simulation of their individual clinical findings could lead to more effective transfer of medical knowledge and comprehension of treatment information. A newly developed VR technology is described, called HealthVoyager, which is designed to help facilitate this knowledge transfer between physicians and patients. The platform represents a customizable, VR software system utilizing a smartphone or tablet computer to portray personalized surgical or procedural findings as well as representations of normal anatomy. The use of such technology for eliciting medical understanding and patient satisfaction can have many practical and clinical applications for a variety of disease states and patient populations.
Highlights
It is estimated that over 310 million medical operations occur worldwide each year [1]
After most surgical and medical procedures, patients are typically debriefed by their physician to discuss their findings and any steps involving care at home or treatment instructions
An alternative to presenting medical information using traditional methods is with interactive multimedia technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) and techniques adapted from the video game industry
Summary
It is estimated that over 310 million medical operations occur worldwide each year [1]. Comprehension of medical information may be adversely affected when patients are debriefed on their operation by physicians who are not their primary healthcare provider, which can lead to updated information being lost in the communication between the patient, proceduralist, and providers In all of these instances, it is likely that critical information may not be properly communicated to the. Without any medical or scientific background knowledge, it can feel overwhelming and esoteric for a patient to listen to a physician describe a complex operation This can result in a negative impact on patient satisfaction, the quality of the physician-patient relationship, the likelihood of treatment adherence, and patient health outcomes [7]. These barriers to communication may be further exacerbated in the paediatric population where the patient can be less medically literate, less engaged in the material, or less aware of their condition
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