Primary Care Facilities / Physician Offices
UprightVR incorporates gold-standard, state-of-the art, sensitive and specific balance assessment technology into a virtual reality headset facilitating sophisticated fall risk identification in almost any clinical setting including medical offices and for remote physician support at senior facilities. Early detection and frequent ongoing monitoring of seniors’ balance challenges can guide professional mitigation and help shift the paradigm from post-fall surveillance to first-fall prevention. UprightVR’s ultra-portable, easy to use system allows paraprofessionals to administer balance tests supporting clinical professionals anywhere a client can stand; no ancillary equipment or extra space is required.
- Guardian allows clinicians to objectively differentiate benign conditions from potentially dangerous cardiopulmonary causes of instability
- UprightVR quickly and objectively identifies specific visual, vestibular, and somatosensory challenges
- Mitigation programs can be specifically targeted toward identified needs and coordinated with PT rehab or at-home programs
- Ongoing frequent follow-up assessments enhances rehabilitation programs
- Cloud based communication directly links to EMR systems; HIPPA compliance protects client privacy
- Sophisticated balance tests and fall-risk assessments can be completed anywhere physicians’ practice by non-clinical associates
- Cloud-based technology; initial and follow-up assessment results are immediately available for review
- Visual, vestibular, and somatosensory weaknesses are quickly identified for treatment
- UprightVR’s HIPAA tests are directly uploaded to EMR systems
- Low-cost, time-efficient tests take only 20 minutes for a comprehensive assessment of visual, vestibular, and somatosensory deficits
- Set-up takes only 5-minutes; tests approximately 20 minutes; no external equipment or extra space is required
- Ultra-portable technology supports off-site physician programs including community outreach, athletic teams, and exercise facilities
- Balance assessments can be a new source of revenue from all ages of patients
- Sophisticated balance assessments and fall prevention programs can be incorporated into medical facility marketing programs
- Routine balance assessments can be done by paraprofessionals supporting physicians