Bridging between hype and implementation in medical extended reality
Oscar Freyer, Stephen Gilbert · npj Digital Medicine · 2023
There is a fraught and tortuous pathway between exciting new digital medicine concepts and their making a real and safe impact on standard care. Perhaps the degree of excitement and otherworldliness of digital technology is directly proportional to the likelihood of taking false turns and entering cul-de-sacs in development. One approach to avoiding pitfalls while bringing exciting and challenging technologies to healthcare is through focused conferences which bring together the stakeholders critical to progress. On one side are the enthusiasts, innovators, early adopters, and entrepreneurs, and on the other the regulators, implementation scientists, and healthcare providers, including those from outside the bubble of the innovation in question.