whether for licensing in the treatment there is no valid evidence to treat, when it is working with the hospital, which hospital has already legalized in the treatment
Hello magentarendro11,
Thank you for your question and it is a great one indeed.
As we are not providing any intravenous medication nor any medically-defined treatment, this actually does not fall under the category of needing licenses. In fact, within the US, the Digital Health is still working and improving their process of defining what needs to be approved by the FDA.
Our Virtual Rehab solution simply provides a virtual simulation of the real world using cognitive behavior and exposure therapy to trigger and to cope with temptations - no intravenous activity there.
Moreover, our unique expert system aims to identify areas of risk, to make treatment recommendations (although we do not actually prescribe any medication), and to predict post-therapy behavior.
Therefore, everything we do is within the context of Mental Health and Psychological Rehabilitation.
Does that mean we will not ultimately seek to be FDA-regulated? The answer is yes we will ONLY because we want to ensure that we add further credibility to what we are doing - although we have been recognized globally with awards and recognition, which I actually invite you to check out on our website at
https://www.virtualrehab.co.
Now, we will most definitely require licensing when we open our Virtual Rehab Centers (first ever in the world), which will use the Virtual Rehab solution along with having medical doctors in attendance as well. We will seek the necessary licensing when this time comes.
As for the second part of your question, there are actually a number of hospitals that use Virtual Reality technology as part of their treatment. To name a few - Cedars Sinai, Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, New Life Addiction Treatment Center, Discovery House, Niznik Behavioral Health, etc.
Kindly note that this is not surprising since Kaiser Permanente, one of the US largest American integrated managed care consortium, leveraged this technology back in 1994 as part of the treatment of acrophobics (people who are afraid of heights) and they were over 90% successful. Then they went on to use as part of the treatment for military combat personnel who returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD and again, that was over 75% successful.
Thank you once again for your question and please do not hesitate to let us know should you have any more questions.