Boston Children’s Hospital’s Immersive Design Systems is a comprehensive, full-scale, person-centered design lab for training, systems engineering and prototyping. The team comprises experts in immersive technologies, engineering, design thinking, team science, healthcare simulation, virtual reality and adult learning-based instructional design. The lab leverages lifelike experiences for the most relevant data and optimized clinical care delivery, systems and environments. The team offers a full range of services, including training and performance, human factors and systems design that improve patient safety, and device design and solutions that provide just-in-time innovation for healthcare. Its robust toolkit includes deep expertise and state-of-the-art facilities for 3D printing, virtual and augmented reality, and rapid prototyping. Innovations include 3D anatomic reproductions for surgical planning and rehearsal, high-fidelity surgical simulators and virtual training packages.
