The Population Health Initiative, in partnership with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s , has awarded a $15,000 Global Innovation Fund pilot to a team attempting to deploy augmented reality/virtual reality-based rehabilitation therapy via cell phones.
The project, which is led by Dr. of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bothell, seeks to find ways to “gamifyâ€� home-based physical therapy to increase patient compliance with therapy regimens, thereby improving patient outcomes. The project team’s focus will be development of an effective, low cost and easy to deploy delivery mechanism.
Other project collaborators include the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bothell Division of Engineering and Mathematics, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, CoMotion and the Waterford Institute.