The Zaragoza hospital will be the first to offer health services in the metaverse, such as real-time consultations and other types of immersive experiences.
The San Juan de Dios Hospital in Zaragoza will be the First medical center in Spain to offer health services in the metaverse, thanks to the development of an interactive virtual medical center.
The medical entity has partnered with the Aragonese company Imascone, a studio specializing in creative technologies and the development of Augmented and Virtual Reality projects, which has transformed some of the hospital's rooms and spaces into an interactive virtual space.
By creating this virtual space in the metaverse, the hospital aims to create a interactive and immersive activity. In this way, the entity's doctors will be able to Address the queries of users, patients' families and society in generalThe new virtual hospital aims to positively change the process of welcoming patients, with more comfortable procedures and better care.
The virtual hospital is a 3D, gamified, multi-device web environment, accessible from any web browser, through the next adressOnce inside, users can move freely around the facilities using their mouse.
This digital space allows users to explore the hospital, learning in depth about the facilities and services available. They will also be able to resolve any doubts or queries about patients and family members. By accessing it, users will also be able to: Explore the hospital's various innovation and research projects, its portfolio of services, the center's current affairs and social responsibility initiatives that they are carrying out.
The virtual hospital will also allow users to attend live training or medical outreach events that will take place in the virtual facilities. Over time, the team plans to add new services such as virtual medical consultations or even visits to patients in the metaverse.
The experience will be immersive and simple, since they will have a virtual assistant, named Eva, that will guide users in the metaverse and will help them resolve their main doubts about how the platform works.
The virtual hospital follows the initiative of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Zaragoza to become a “paperless” center, thus joining other developments such as the biometric signature, electronic prescription and the implementation of digital solutions for the treatment of certain ailments, such as the use of Kinect, robotic arms or virtual reality for neurorehabilitation therapies.
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