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Bringing the Battlefield Home: How VR is Shaping the Future of PTSD Care

It’s more than just a video game; it’s a matter of life or death. Or so it would appear to patients using Brave Mind. Brave Mind, a virtual reality(VR) depicting scenes of Afghanistan and Iraq, allows veterans to become fully immersed in virtual foot patrols and convoys to directly face their fears and learn to cope with them. It was created by Virtually Better Inc.(VBI), an organization comprised of clinicians and technicians that develops tools to assist patients with a variety of anxiety and behavior disorders.

Inside the Clinic for Special Children

We were all fascinated by an impeccably researched dive into health care in the “Plain” (Amish and Mennonite people) community by Sara Talpos in Mosaic Science, so we followed up in a conversation with the immensely impressive Clinic for Special Children.

Reflections on Connected Health

Last month the Benjamin & Bond team attended the 2015 HIMSS Connected Health Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel outside of Washington D.C. We all learned a lot, and all came away with varying degrees of excitement and frustration. Here’s a rundown of what we found.