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Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform
S.Korean gov’t selects the company as the operator of metaverse leading project in the medical sector
By Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The project aims to overcome the spatial and temporal constraints of the metaverse and healthcare services and promote national health and create future food.
Currently, metaverse in the healthcare field is being used more for hospital promotion, medical knowledge education, and collaboration between medical professionals than for personal health management.
The Kakao Healthcare Consortium plans to build a metaverse platform that can be expanded to various personalized health management services and provide personalized musculoskeletal and mental health management services.
Musculoskeletal disorders caused by repetitive movements or bad posture for a long period have been steadily increasing, with about 17.6 million patients in 2019, accounting for 10% of total medical expenses.
The demand for mental health is also steadily increasing due to depression and work-related stress. Korea has the highest prevalence of depression at 36.8% among OECD countries.
Write to Ji-Eun Jeong at jeong@hankyung.com
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