Customize Play for Maximum Pain Reduction and Social Interaction

Therapeutic Game Specialists customize play for maximum pain reduction, social interaction and fun.

This is a real position and demand for this specialty is growing. 

Seattle Children’s hospital was one of the first to roll out this program that can now be found in over 50 facilities, each treating 200 plus patients a week.

Last year, Hudson, a Seattle Children’s heart patient, was slowly recovering in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. To help support his heart transplant journey a new member was added to Hudson’s care team: Forest, a gaming therapist.

“Forest was truly an angel for Hudson,” Hudson’s dad, Travis Lewis said. “We tried a lot of different therapies to manage Hudson’s pain and get him moving, and gaming therapy was the best thing he responded to.”

The field of Immersive Medicine is in its infancy, but with the results to date and the proven potential of video games in the medical space expect a massive shift towards sectors that support the creation and delivery of medicinal media. 

Source

https://pulse.seattlechildrens.org/seattle-childrens-therapeutic-gaming-program-uses-the-power-of-video-games-to-improve-patient-outcomes