Desafíos del metaverso en el ámbito sanitario

Abstract

Objectives. Examine the evidence published to explore the use of the metaverse in the health care setting, and its potential applicability. Material and methods. A systematic review of articles published in Spanish and English, related to the metaverse in the field of health, without restriction of dates, was conducted. The following data bases were consulted for the search of the articles: Ovid (Medline), EMBASE, Cochrane, Scopus, WoS, IEEEXplore, CINAHL, Google Scholar and DART-Europe. Two independent reviewers evaluated the methodological quality of the publications, using instruments from the Joanna Briggs Institute. The extraction and synthesis of the articles found with methodological quality were carried out. Results. The initial search identified 26 articles. Ten articles were excluded because they were duplicates, another five were discarded as they were not related with the health care setting, and finally seven others were eliminated as they had poor methodological quality. Finally, four articles were included. Conclusions. The metaverse poses big challenges in both health and healthcare management. The mixture of real experience with the virtual world experience is disruptive and transforming, and brings new opportunities and challenges for the dynamic transformation of the organizations along with it. Therefore, it is of vital importance to continue studying these practices and their impact on the health care systems.