VA Immersive

VA Immersive is defining a new reality in Veteran health care by leading the nation in the clinical implementation of immersive technology and uncovering new ways to embrace employees' whole health. By engaging the senses of sight sound, and touch, immersive technology cultivates a new level of engagement to each Veteran's health care experience.

VA has now deployed more than 3,500 virtual reality (VR) headsets across more than 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics in all 50 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and American Samoa—advancing VA's commitment to connecting Veterans to the soonest and best care. The program also engages with industry, academia, and other Government agencies to co-develop content and engineer devices that are beneficial for our Nation's Veterans.

VA Immersive is also advancing how VA cares for, educates, and trains its learners, clinicians, and staff. Through VA-developed content and implementation of education and training platforms, VA is rising to the opportunity of immersive technology implementation across the entire organization.

White Paper, Spring 2023

Read the White Paper developed from the 2023 VA Immersive Executive Roundtable.

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Latest Article

To learn more about the benefits, risks, and barriers of deploying immersive technology in health care, click the button below to read the VA Immersive Literature Review.

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Immersive Playbook

VHA Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning established the VHA Extended Reality (XR) Network to share resources, lessons learned, successes, and failures. This playbook shares those takeaways for the public.

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Introductory Guide to Immersive Technology

The Introductory Guide to Immersive Technology is a resource to provide foundational information about immersive technologies, like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), sometimes collective called extended reality (XR).

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Expansion of Immersive Technology in VA Medical Centers and Facilities from 2019-2023

VA Immersive now in 50 U.S. States, American Samoa, Guam, and Puerto Rico

Anne Lord Bailey, PharmD, BCPS

Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives Lab

Immersive technology is not how we will change VA care delivery and experience in the future; it is how we are transforming health care today.

Caitlin Rawlins, MSN, RN

Deputy Director, Clinical Tech Innovation
Co-Lead, VHA XR Network

As soon as you get a patient in a headset, you see first-hand how immersive technology is transforming Veteran lives.

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Anne Lord Bailey, PharmD, BCPS

Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives Lab

Caitlin Rawlins, MSN, RN

Deputy Director, Clinical Tech Innovation Co-Lead, VHA XR Network

Deputy Director, Clinical Tech Innovation
Co-Lead, VHA XR Network