Osso VR Creates First-of-its-Kind Surgical Assessment

Osso VR has launched thr first VR-based multimodal assessment experience. In addition to adding this capability within its platform, Osso’s platform has also launched in multiple new languages to broaden access in more than 30 countries in which it is currently utilized.

A landmark study from Birkmeyer et al. in the New England Journal of Medicine found that improved surgical skill led to “fewer postoperative complications and lower rates of reoperation, readmission, and visits to the emergency department.” Having insight into surgical ability is key to optimizing patient outcomes, said Osso, however we currently lack an easy and scalable method for doing so.

Osso VR is the first surgical training platform it says to take a multi-modal approach to assessment in a milestone-based training model. This approach allows users to assess their knowledge of specific workflows, including what to do when things go wrong. In addition, the platform assesses their ability to perform steps with a high degree of haptic enhanced fidelity to meet standards of care. At the same time it allows them to make mistakes while ensuring their long term success and the milestone-based proficiency system guides healthcare providers along an encouraging journey.

“As a practicing surgeon it is difficult for me to get a sense for where I have opportunities to improve,” said Justin Barad, MD, CEO of Osso VR. “I had a vision when starting Osso VR that shifting from intuitive and subjective assessments towards highly accessible objective measurement could transform how we deliver procedural care around the world. When the results started coming back from independent validation studies I was blown away by the impact this information can have on the outcome of a procedure.”