HUS LABORATORY – PRESENTING VR SOLUTIONS USED IN HUS HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 1.9.2020 / Katariina Rouvinen, Project Manager, HUS Development group CONTENTS

• Introduction • HUS Helsinki University Hospital • Definitions • HUS Virtual Reality Laboratory • XR projects in HUS • Summary

2 Introduction

Katariina Rouvinen

Master of Business Administration Project Manager, HUS Development Group

Areas of responsibility • Company co-operation • HUS Findery ® • HUS Testbed • HUS Virtual Reality Laboratory • Event organization

3 27.8.2020 HUS Helsinki University Hospital

Meilahti campus area, Helsinki HUS in figures 2019 2,900,000 PATIENT VISITS 24 member municipalities 92,000 surgeries 680,000 PATIENTS TREATED 23 hospitals 453 Over 200 organ transplants places of care 24.5 million 2,800 laboratory tests hospital beds 16,000 27,000 childbirths 1.8 million EMPLOYEES imaging examinations HUS is the 2nd largest employer in Finland. IN HEALTHCARE

6 DEFINITIONS

• VR - Virtual Reality • An immersive computer simulation of a three-dimensional environment • AR - • An enhanced version of reality created by using technology to overlay digital information on an image • MR - • Combines aspects of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) • XR - Extended Reality • Term refers to all real-and-virtual combined environments and human- machine interactions generated by computer technology and wearables

7 8 27.8.2020 HUS VIRTUAL REALITY LABORATORY • HUS VRLab is a showroom where visitors can try XR solutions that are developed for healthcare. • The idea is to • enhance co-operation between healthcare professionals and health technology companies • create pilot and project opportunities • share information among the different actors • acquire new products, technologies and practices for the use of special medical care • HUS VRLab • Organizes visits for HUS personnel and other visitors • Take part in hackathons and other innovation projects • Organized a XR in healthcare course for faculty of medicine’s students

9 XR PROJECTS IN HUS

10 Education and orientation

• VR tools for specializing physicians: • a virtual game to treat infection patients • practicing hand surgery with haptic tool • Job orientation with AR in support services AR IN MICRONEUROSURGERY

HYKS Neurosurgery and collaborated on the world's first augmented reality live broadcast from the operating room at the International Microneurosurgery Course on 2017.

360-degree 3D video was transmitted over the network with a Nokia OZO camera. The 3D video was augmented with AR, for example, anatomical images.

There was over 100 participants from over 20 countries around the world attending the course. Usually there can be 10-15 people in the operating room in addition to the medical staff.

12 Surgery planning and consultation

The medical images are converted into 3D models that can be viewed with virtual glasses • 3D models provide data for diagnosis and treatment planning

Pilot in Töölö hospital • Medical doctors used MR glasses in consultation VR in Cognitive psychotherapy

Patients were exposed to situations that caused social fear: • Shopping center • Traveling by bus • School environment Rehabilitation and occupational therapy

Neuropsychology • Patients train in customized training environments using VR Occupational therapy • Ongoing research study in New Children’s hospital SUMMARY

• Good XR use cases in healthcare • Training and education • Treatment planning • Rehabilitation • Benefits of using XR solutions • Saving time and resources • Improving patient safety • Research studies and clinical evaluation are needed to demonstrate the benefits and effectiveness • Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) must be taken into account

16 THANK YOU!

• [email protected] • HUS VRLab @ Terkko Health Hub • Haartmaninkatu 4, Helsinki • [email protected] • @HusVRLab • facebook.com/HusVRLab

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