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KEITH GRIMES MD

MAKING VR A REALITY IN HEALTHCARE

AUTHOR
SARA SERRA

Dr Keith Grimes is the Clinical Inno- on & Hove Roving GP service", as well as a project called “Prevent ICU delirium”
vation and Artificial Intelligence Director pioneering work in Clinical VR and Artifi- at the Royal Brompton and Harefield.
at Babylon Health and a General Practi- cial Intelligence. Here, the idea is to use virtual reality
tioner with a special interest in Digital As a passionate advocate for the role to pre-expose people to the intensi-
Health & Urgent Care. of innovation and technology in health- ty of an intensive care pre-op to help
He is an NHS with nearly 20 years of care, he has occupied roles as IM&T and reduce their anxiety and to reduce the
experience on the front line of Prima- Innovation Lead for Eastbourne, Hail- incidence of ICU delirium post-op. With
ry Care and the founder of VR Doctors, sham, & Seaford and Hastings & Rother virtual reality’s help, he was also able to
an online community dedicated to ex- CCGs, Clinical Lead for the Electronic reduce pain and distress in patients who
ploring Virtual & Augmented Reality in Clinical Communication Implementa- require wound care.
Health & Social Care. As @theVRDoctor, tion programme for NHS Scotland, and In his current role, he is privileged
he publishes a regular vlog exploring has spoken internationally on the de- to be part of the team aiming to put an
the use of Immersive Reality technolo- livery of novel technologies in the NHS. accessible and affordable health service
gy in healthcare. A keen advocate of the He was also an expert panellist on the in the hands of every person on earth,
power of technology to provide quality Topol Review, an independent report on developing new approaches and tech-
improvement globally, he has developed preparing the healthcare workforce to niques for delivering healthcare, in the
award-winning Digital Medicine pro- deliver the digital future, and leads the UK and worldwide.
jects, including “MyLittleOne”, a neona- Babylon Clinical AI Fellow Programme.
tal camera & tablet system, and “Bright- Dr. Grimes has also been involved in

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