Future Research Directions for Blockchain in Metaverse Healthcare

Abstract

The inclusion of Blockchain in the Metaverse delivers opportunities for healthcare, contributes to the data security, maintains transparency and decentralization of data. The current Healthcare systems revolve around the immersive data and digitalization of data putting the metaverse as a frontier. This spawned telemedicine, virtual doctor consultations, training people and patient engagement. The integration of Blockchain with the Metaverse healthcare aims to enhance the privacy, security and reliability of data. The key applications of it are patient record management, providing access to valid credentials and decentralized clinical assessments. This chapter tries to provide a comprehensive overview of Blockchain's transformative potential in Metaverse healthcare, highlighting key areas for future research and development. This chapter aims to address several future research directions such as interoperability of devices/data for seamless services, need for privacy-preserving of patient's data, regulatory compliance, ownership of data and other ethical considerations.