Physician burnout: Improving treatment efficacy with virtual reality

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 220, Issue , 2016, Pages 454-458

  Wiederhold, Brenda K ^a,d   Riva, Giuseppe ^c,d   Gaggioli, Andrea ^c,d   Wiederhold, Mark D ^b  

^a Virtual Reality Medical Institute   (Belgium)

^b VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Burnout; Heart rate; Mobile health; Positive technology; Stress; Virtual reality; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; MEDICINE; MHEALTH; STRESSES; WEARABLE SENSORS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

BURNOUT; CRITICAL CARE; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEART RATES; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PERSONALITY TRAITS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPECIALISATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BURNOUT; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; SELF CARE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SELF CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84965080922     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-625-5-454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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