The future of health care and employee wellbeing is digital. With major advancements in VR technology and machine learning, a rapidly changing working landscape and the explosion of blockchain technology, healthcare of the future looks very different.
UK occupational health company Latus Health is committed to developing new technologies to improve worker wellbeing and the health industry. Utilising immersive VR technology the firm is developing a virtual hospital and treatment centre that has the potential to treat a million people per day. Without limitations on space and facilities, a virtual centre can bring medical professionals together from all around the world, to share knowledge, to collaborate and to effectively treat a variety of patients with physical and mental health issues.
One particularly interesting area of development is with Mental Health Support and Emotional Therapy. By taking these sessions into a virtual space patients could be treated on a virtual beach, in a forest or in a specific space that makes them feel safe. A virtual space would also allow those patients who struggle to travel an opportunity to interact in a more ‘real’ way with medical professionals.
It’s a logical step to utilise blockchain technology to store medical records. This has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare worldwide. People could essentially become the custodians of their own medical records, rather than relying on their GPs. In situations where a physio or therapist requires a patient’s medical records, anywhere in the world, they could be made available by the patient at the click of a button.
Latus Health has already made strides to streamline and improve both the quality and efficiency of employee healthcare with the development of Yodha. Hailed as the world’s first Connected Health Platform, the software is a significant step towards making employee healthcare entirely remote. The UK firm has a multi-million-pound investment plan over the next three years for R&D to develop new employee wellbeing and remote health solutions.For more information, please go to: www.latushealth.co.uk