The Effect of the Metaverse on the Health Sector
| dc.authorid | 0000-0002-4858-3853 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Burak, Mehmet Fatih | |
| dc.contributor.author | Küsbeci, Polathan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-23T10:00:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-23T10:00:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | en_US |
| dc.department | Kapadokya Üniversitesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | Today, due to the metaverse gaining popularity and diversification of its use and purpose, in terms of states, institutions, individuals, etc., its usage potential is increasing. All kinds of innovations that can positively affect the health sector are important innovations that should not be ignored. Considering that the metaverse is an innovation and development that tends to be effective in many sectors, in order to benefit from the opportunities, it offers and can offer for the health sector, it is important to understand its potential impact, development, advantages and disadvantages. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the effect of the metaverse in the health sector in the light of studies in the international literature by researching the Web of Science, Scopus, Pubmed, Google Scholar indexes. As a result of the examination carried out for this purpose, it has been determined that the studies in the literature are mostly reviews, letters to the editor and similar studies, and there are few empirical and experimental studies yet. In addition, the metaverse of the studies in the literature is mental, psychological, cardiovascular, eye, tooth, mouth, etc. potential impact on health, medical therapy, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, telepresence, smart health, experience based health, etc. It has been understood to have many potential effects, such as its potential effect on supporting health issues, its potential effect on disease prevention, its potential effect on providing outpatient care, its potential effect on effective collaboration and knowledge sharing, its potential for advanced visualization for medical databases, its potential effect on improving health education of physicians and patients. In addition studies in the literature shows that there are a lot of potential impacts of the metaverse on psychological, cardiovascular, eye, dental, oral health etc. as well as on medical therapy, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, telepresence, smart health, experience-based health and similar issues, and on prevention of diseases, and on providing outpatient treatment, and on effective collaboration and knowledge sharing, advanced visualization, and on medical databases, and on improving health education of physicians and patients. | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 233 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 224 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12695/1971 | |
| dc.institutionauthor | Küsbeci, Polathan | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | III. International Liberty Interdisciplinary Studies Conference | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Konferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health | |
| dc.subject | 3D | |
| dc.subject | Virtual World | |
| dc.subject | Metaverse | |
| dc.title | The Effect of the Metaverse on the Health Sector | |
| dc.type | Conference Object |
