Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital uses VR to reduce anxiety

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital uses VR to reduce anxiety

Illiana Lopez’s first interaction with the Chariot Program’s virtual reality (VR) experience for parents of patients began in the emergency room (ER) waiting for her daughter.  “We were sitting in the ER just waiting and stressed because we didn’t know what was going on,” she said. “A student doctor came over and asked me if I was interested in experiencing the technology.”  On May 26, a complication with her daughter’s condition brought them to…