Healthcare Informatics in the Metaverse

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Welcome !
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www.hesca.org
www.abcdirectors.org
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www.hesca.org
www.abcdirectors.org
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Healthcare Informatics in the Metaverse

• Potential Futures for Healthcare

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Future

• The future is commonly understood to contain all
  events that have yet to occur. It is the opposite
  of the past, and is the time subsequent to the
  present.

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Moores Law

• That the number of transistors that can be
  inexpensively placed on an integrated circuit is
  increasing exponentially, doubling approximately
  every two years.
• Computers are getting really small, and are
  working really fast.

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Are We On The Right Road?
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Health Care, Meet the Metaverse?
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The Metaverse as I See it

• A informational overlay over everything that
  exists that provides background information about
  products, places, people, and events.
• Metadata is that background information that
  provides perspective on what you are interacting
  with at the time.

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Everyday Metadata
METADATA
DATA
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Metadata Says Something
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We Can All Add Our Own

• Google Maps my points of interest
• Product reviews my experience
• Flickr photo site my photo library
• Angies List my favorite vendor
• Trip Advisor my favorite hotel
• Amazon my thoughts on books
• (And to think we used to pay for hotel reviews
  and really cool photos to use in presentations
  )

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Since You Asked
HTTP//www.Metaverseroadmap.org
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How Will This Impact Healthcare?
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Metaverse Meet Healthcare

• Information is the key to good health
• Diagnostic information only counts if it is
  accurate and accessible
• Information comes from monitoring
• Real time diagnostic monitoring is preferable to
  periodic tests and analysis
• Monitoring requires costly equipment and is labor
  intensive to perform

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Personal Health Monitoring Device
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Moores Law Total Health Awareness

• Pedometer
• EKG
• Blood pressure monitor
• Cholesterol
• Daily calorie consumption / use
• Glaucoma test
• Diabetes / Insulin monitor with Pump
• Fertility tracker

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Emergency / Portability
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Total Health Awareness at the Pizza Palace
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Back at The Office
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Behavior Modification

• Present data to patients to showcase behavior
  changes
• Map and predict impact and changes
• Use monitoring device to watch and maintain
  patient progress
• Use device as a repository for medical history
  and leverage data for use in epidemiological
  studies

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Modeling
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Virtual World Paralleling

• Use modeling and prediction technologies to
  project futures onto avatars
• Leverage interactive nature for education
  purpose, showing choice models
• Track human behavior and interactions in isolated
  uncontrolled environments

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Current Projects

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention Flu
  transmission and awareness in Whyville
• Diabetes Education and Awareness
• Escape From Diab
• Physical Activity Impact
• Whyville
• Emergency Room Training in Virtual Spaces
• University of Oregon

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Future

• The future is commonly understood to contain all
  events that have yet to occur. It is the opposite
  of the past, and is the time subsequent to the
  present.