The Redefinition of mHealth Applications in the Metaverse

Abstract

The term "mobile health" (sometimes spelled "mHealth" or "m-Health") refers to the delivery of medical services via smartphones, tablets, PDAs, and PCs. The metaverse combines the real world and the virtual world, allowing people to interact with their avatars in a setting supported by cutting-edge technologies like high-speed internet, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, extended reality, blockchain, digital twins, artificial intelligence (AI), all of which are enhanced by practically limitless data. This paper discusses how these technologies might be used in digital medicine in the future, as well as the potential of the medical metaverse. This qualitative study examines and evaluates past articles and websites. The healthcare business depends heavily on physical connection, eye contact, facial expressions, and gestures, which the metaverse can simulate virtually. However, the metaverse may be viewed as a tool to improve the effectiveness of the healthcare system in terms of intervention and treatment, worldwide education, assuring consistent training, and assisting in the development of global databases for research. Finally, the metaverse may be a location where young people can start practicing and acquiring new skills considering how much time they spend in front of screens.