Metaverse Appears in University Hospitals... Kyung Hee University Hospital Opens ZEP Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Kyung Hee University Hospital announced on the 19th that it has opened the country's first metaverse Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center to comprehensively provide information for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Kyung Hee University Hospital Metaverse Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center. [Image provided by Kyung Hee University Hospital]

The metaverse center, implemented through the metaverse platform 'ZEP' (Zep), offers guidance and information on self-checks for inflammatory bowel disease, tests and treatments for the disease, nutritional counseling, mental health checks, and psychological service support. The hospital explained that it is meaningful that the metaverse Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center was planned and produced independently without external assistance.

Lee Chang-gyun, head of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, said, "Inflammatory bowel disease affects many young patients, and while considering various focuses for patients, we thought there was a need for a hub to provide information to them, which led us to consider the metaverse. Since inflammatory bowel disease requires lifelong management, we wanted to create an opportunity to communicate with patients more easily and familiarly."

Jung Bi-oh, head of public relations, said, "The metaverse platform reduces the hassle of patients searching multiple places to find necessary information and serves as a hub system that provides comprehensive information about the disease from the medical staff's perspective, so we judged it to be helpful. ZEP (Zep) is a platform that is easy to access and use even for middle-aged and elderly people, making it effective for both patients and medical staff."

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