NWCDC 2018

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TS4 | Virtual Reality and Wearables: Alternatives to Pain Medications (Room South Pacific D)

Technologies like virtual reality and wearables represent the future and may provide non-pharmacological alternatives for helping injured workers suffering severe pain without resorting to opioids. Early research findings reveal the technologies are promising, potentially reducing medical costs while preventing injured worker exposure to the addictive narcotics. Executives from Travelers and Samsung Electronics, two companies exploring the technologies, will explain their partnerships formed to test the effectiveness of a “digital pain-reduction kit” that may represent technology’s future application in workers’ comp pain management.