pain management

A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics found that patients using a VR system reported less pain when being treated with a needle than their counterparts who received the standard of care. 

The digital care program also improved users' knowledge of their condition, and reduced their interest in pursuing surgery.

Each offering will be built for the Oculus Rift and Oculus Go headsets.

Plan members who took to the platform reduced their medical expenses and filled fewer prescriptions, while outcomes remained similar or become worse for those who did not engage.

WellBrain, a Bay Area meditation-focused addiction prevention and chronic pain management platform, announced yesterday that it has acquired Mevoked, a behavioral analytics platform that currently offers a digital program for management of perinatal and postpartum mental health conditions.

Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify FDA classification of the Sprint Peripheral Nerve Stinulation system.

Although it hasn’t yet established its place as a mainstream treatment modality, virtual reality has grown from an interesting diversion into a frequent topic of conversation within digital health.

Correction: A previous version of this text misstated the source of the funding.

A mobile intervention, called FitBack, that personalizes health content for the user is an effective tool to help patients improve their nonspecific lower back pain (NLBP), according to a study, conducted by health app intervention developer ORCAS with help from insurance company Cigna, that was recently published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Axial Healthcare CEO John Donahue Nashville, Tennessee-based Axial Healthcare raised $1.