Extended Reality: Building the Groundwork for Community Around Emerging Technology

January 26: Today on TownHall Jake Lancaster, Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care talks with Mark Zhang, Associate CMIO at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Medical Director at Brigham Digital Innovation Hub about the emerging technology extended reality. In this episode they discuss how Mark came to found the American Medical Extended Reality Association (AMXRA). How will its existence along with similar organizations be important to the future of the technology? How are healthcare organizations using extended reality technologies and what is next for it? What process did Mark use to research the XR space to create an XR club within his organization?You can listen to Mark’s previous episode on TownHall here: https://thisweekhealth.com/captivate-podcast/jake-lancaster-and-mark-zhang-on-brigham-and-womens-hospital-informatics-and-digital-innovation-hub/Join our next webinar exploring the macro challenges facing healthcare and how technology will play a role in addressing these challenges. Register now for February 2nd: Priorities for 2023. A CIO Discussion with Academic Medical Centers. Only available LIVE!Subscribe: This Week HealthLinkedIn: Week HealthTwitter: This Week HealthDonate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer