OtheReality is a social impact startup aiming to eradicate prejudice, intolerance, and misconceptions regarding “The Others” in society, by leveraging Virtual Reality technology in high-school classes, offering the students to see the world through the eyes of others, to walk a mile in their shoes.
The venture was founded by Yair Neiger, an 18-year-old high-school student who strive to make the world a better place.
OtheReality is a social impact startup aiming to eradicate prejudice, intolerance, and misconceptions regarding “The Others” in society, by leveraging Virtual Reality technology in high-school classes, offering the students to see the world through the eyes of others, to walk a mile in their shoes.
The venture was founded by Yair Neiger, an 18-year-old high-school student who strive to make the world a better place.
Lack of Empathy is a root cause of many healthcare challenges, such as staff burnout and low patient adherence.
These cost the US healthcare system an estimated $100B annually. Despite evidence that empathy is improvable and crucial for healthcare quality, current empathy-boosting solutions lack impact measurability, personalization & scalability.
Lack of Empathy is directly connected with:
low patient satisfaction & good reputation
high attrition and
staff burnout
more complaints & malpractice claims
poor post-hospitalization treatment adherence
Empathy is essential for optimizing patient experience & employee wellbeing.
OtheReality has developed a personalized empathy gym for medical centers. Leveraging AI & VR, staff are invited to walk a mile in the shoes of their patients and colleagues through individual experiential workouts designed using our research-backed methodology.
How does it work?
The VR experiences present the trainee with a specific provider-patient interaction (e.g., delivering bad news). The engaging multi-perspective VR experiences propel the viewer to feel the other person's emotions. The emotional empathy achieved is later elaborated via an app-based workshop that processes cognitive and motivational empathy and improves communication skills. The "workout" data, augmented by sensor-based indicators, is aggregated and analyzed on the platform, creating deep-learning-based dashboards and measuring the organization’s Algorithmic Empathy Index (patent pending AEI™) for the medical centers to better meet their KPIs and demonstrate ROI.
The Empathy journey -
A glimpse at our explanatory video:
Elik Almog
Co-founder, CEO
Serial Social Entrepreneur; Experienced Manager and Board Member. Holds an MA in Public Policy
Ravid Segal
Co-founder & Chief XR Simulation Officer
CTO at Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR)
Yotvat Palter-Dycian
Co-founder, COO
Marketing and Media Production Professional; Group Facilitator, Cinema & Video Therapist; M.S. in Marketing
Dr. Zehavit Levitz
Head, Behavioral Research
Expert on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) & Behavioral Work Outcomes, Bar-llan U.
Prof. Motti Neiger
Founder, CCO & R&D
Communication Scholar at Bar-llan Uni.; Expert on Media, Narratives & Tech; Experienced Entrepreneur
Prof. Ronen Rozenblum
Advisory board
Researcher at Harvard Medical School; Director, Unit for Innovative Healthcare Practice & Technology at BWH
Prof. Amitai Ziv, MD
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Deputy Director - Sheba Medical Center;
Founder and Director - Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR)
Dr. Amir Blumenfeld, MD
Advisory board
Former Sr. Dir. of Discovery at Edwards Lifesciences; Surgeon
The Team:
Testimonials
DR. ANAT ENGEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER
"The VR experience was amazing. It lets medical staff grasp the situation from the patient’s point of view in a very powerful way. I think the tool should be a requirement for medical students. It’s a very important tool and I have no doubt it will be used broadly."
DR. AVIAD COHEN, SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT AT ICHILOV MEDICAL CENTER
"I can’t even count the number of times I had to deal with similar situations. OtheReality helped me understand the patient’s point of view and changed the way I interact with patients."
SENIOR PSYCHIATRIST AT ICHILOV MEDICAL CENTER
"The experience is amazingly immersive. I could actually feel people’s vulnerabilities and emotions as though I was there in person."
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