Interactive, cloud-based video games are designed to tackle pharma's current challenge: engaging doctors virtually during a pandemic. But the tools are likely to outlive the circumstances in which they were born.
German medical technology company Brainlab acquired Level Ex, a startup that creates games for physicians. Level Ex's games allow physicians and surgeons to practice their skills in different scenarios, ranging from pulmonology to interventional cardiology.
Radiologists today face a surge in imaging volume and pressure to produce fast, accurate reports. Workflow optimization is about delivering the right results at the right time with less friction.
The company creates video games for doctors that allow them to assist virtual patients in an effort to improve their clinical decision-making skills.
As videogames have become mainstream and emerged from the dimly-lit arcade rooms of years past, gaming technology has found increasing application in medical training, pain management, rehab, and digital therapeutics.
A top gaming expert believes that gaming technologies have important applications in healthcare but the term "gamification of health" should be jettisoned.