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.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
The company creates video games for doctors that allow them to assist virtual patients in an effort to improve their clinical decision-making skills.
A top gaming expert believes that gaming technologies have important applications in healthcare but the term "gamification of health" should be jettisoned.
Level Ex has AR and VR games that let physicians diagnose virtual patients in an effort to improve their clinical decision-making skills.
"We want this to stand alongside Adderall and other drugs as a doctor-prescribed treatment," CEO Eddie Martucci said. "Our goal is to make this a true digital medicine."
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Although medication can often be effective for those with psychiatric disorders, the use of brain games could eventually be a possible, safer alternative.