The Clinician’s Lens on Implementation: Bringing XR into Everyday Care

Immersive technology is often discussed in terms of potential, but what does implementation really look like in practice? In this session, Emily Daviss, PT, DPT, Chief Clinical Officer and Co-Founder of AVRwell, brings the clinician’s lens to XR adoption, drawing from over a decade of direct patient care and national experience standardizing immersive healthcare across large hospital systems. She will share real-world lessons on utilization, scalability, and workflow integration, highlighting not only how XR can be implemented effectively, but also the barriers clinicians face and the creative strategies that make adoption successful. Attendees will gain practical strategies for introducing XR into everyday care, insights into driving clinician and patient engagement, and a deeper understanding of how immersive tools can move beyond pilots to achieve meaningful, system-wide impact. This is a conversation grounded in reality, focused on what actually works for patients, providers, and health systems.