SOFTCARE STUDIOS

Softcare Studios is a digital health startup focused to improve the quality of life of patients during therapy and optimize healthcare interventions, developing innovative products and services based on immersive technologies (VR/AR) and data tracking. Our Mission is to improve the therapy experience of patients supporting their mental well being, which deeply impacts their cognitive, emotional, social and motor conditions, and is significantly influenced by what environments they perceive and ... how they spend their time during their challenging journey. Our Goal is to develop and provide a suite of immersive content optimized to support different target patients (pediatrics, adults, elders) in a variety of clinical settings and extra clinical settings (anxiety/pain management, rehabilitation, palliative care, mental well being, isolation/confinement). Our first project is TOMMI, a VR experience designed to reduce anxiety and pain in pediatric patients, involving both children and their caregivers through inclusive gamified mechanics, oriented to improve patients adherence to therapy and facilitate the work routine of the medical staff. TOMMI is provided to children (7-14 years old and mainly hospitalized) undergoing stressful medical treatments in oncology, dentistry, orthopedics, pre-diagnostics and ADHD. Its game mechanics are developed to both engage/distract children f rom unpleasant emotions of therapy and test/train their cognitive, sensory and motor performances. Since its foundation in 2017, Softcare Studios played a growing active role in the digital health and immersive technologies industries, building its International network in collaboration with key innovation stakeholders such as Merck Accelerator (Germany), TMCx (Texas Medical Center in Houston, US), Accelerace (Denmark), Startupbootcamp and the Italian Trade Agency (UK). In 2018, Softcare Studios has been selected as the best e-health startup in Europe by the European Commission (Startup Europe Awards in Bulgaria), won the Pfizer Healthcare Challenge (Germany) and actively collaborated with pharma companies like Merck and Roche (commercial partnership with Roche Italy in 2019).More