Juntendo University and IBM Japan have begun research and development of medical services provided in a virtual space that imitates a real university hospital. By the end of 2022, we will complete a prototype with a short-term theme and aim to build a platform service that will help improve the health of each patient.

 According to IBM Japan, R & D will be divided into short-term themes and medium- to long-term themes.In the short-term theme, we will build a "Juntendo Virtual Hospital" that imitates Juntendo University Hospital in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, so that patients and their families can experience the hospital before coming to the hospital. Allows interaction with other patients.

 Furthermore, in addition to setting up a "community plaza" where inpatients who have difficulty going out can interact with family and friends in a virtual space outside the hospital, they will actually experience treatment that tends to be complicated to explain, and they will be anxious and worried. Achieve mitigation.In the medium- to long-term theme, we will academically verify whether it is possible to improve mental health by working in virtual space.

 Juntendo Virtual Hospital is a system where patients can actually walk in a virtual space similar to Juntendo Clinic as an avatar and interact with medical staff, hospital staff, other patients, and their families.You can experience treatment and hospital visits as if you were playing a game.

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