Innovators Circle | What Hospitals Need from Extended Reality: Designing for Deployment & Scale
Understanding Intended Use in Connected Care and Digital Health
November 19, 2026 | 3:00 PM ET | MDIC Member Exclusive
Plenty of XR products succeed as pilots, but far fewer make it into everyday hospital use. This session, the second in MDIC’s MedXR Education Series, looks at what successful XR deployment looks like inside hospital systems, and what companies need to get right to scale within them.
Panelists share firsthand what it takes to move XR from pilot to daily use in four areas: software, hardware, hospital infrastructure, and utilization. Their perspectives range from early-stage research pilots in the operating room, to scaling XR into established hospital operations, to working with health systems across a broad partner network. They’ll cover where the handoff from research to operations tends to stall, what it takes to earn buy-in from key hospital stakeholders, and how real-world use compares with the investment hospitals make.
The panel discussion then turns those experiences into practical guidance on where deployment and scale-up break down, and what manufacturers can do earlier to prevent it. It will draw on results from a pre-session survey on how XR is being adopted. Attendees will leave knowing what “hospital-ready” really means and how to design for it.
MDIC Members are invited to register using the sign-up link below. Select “Connected Healthcare: Medical Extended Reality” to receive your invite. Questions? Contact MedXR@MDIC.org.
Featured Speakers
Robert Desrosiers
Innovation Device and XR Support Specialist, Children's Nebraska
Austin Shelton
Research Engineer, Houston Methodist
Andre Bollaert
Executive Director
Who Should Attend
This Innovators Circle is designed for professionals involved in developing, evaluating, and bringing connected care and digital health technologies into clinical practice, including:
- Medical device and MedXR product developers
- Regulatory affairs and quality professionals
- Digital health and software as a medical device (SaMD) teams
- Healthcare innovation and clinical technology leaders
- Professionals working across the medical device product lifecycle
About the Connected Healthcare: MedXR Education Series
Building on the MDIC MedXR Good Practices Handbook, this five-part series brings together experts from across the medical device ecosystem to explore the regulatory, technical, and clinical considerations shaping the development and adoption of medical extended reality (MedXR) technologies.
Delivered as MDIC Innovators Circles, each session provides members with opportunities to engage directly with subject matter experts, exchange perspectives, and explore practical challenges across the technology lifecycle—from product design and regulatory strategy to deployment, clinical integration, and market access.
Extending the Conversation Through MDIC Ascend
Recordings from the Innovators Circles are planned to serve as the foundation for a five-part educational series in MDIC Ascend, extending access to these insights through structured, on-demand learning.
Interested in Participating?
MDIC Innovators Circles are a benefit of MDIC membership. Nonmembers interested in attending are encouraged to contact MXR@mdic.org to request a special invitation and learn how MDIC membership can benefit their organization.