On the concept of Hyper Hospital, a medical care system distributedly constructed on the electronic information network

Abstract

We proposed in the present study a concept of an online hospital named "Hyper Hospital." The Hyper Hospital is a medical care system which is distributedly constructed on a computer-based electronic network with assistance of an alternate reality system, such as the virtual reality system. First, we reviewed problems of old conventional type of hospital system from viewpoint of human interface, and secondly presented a general idea of the construction of the Hyper Hospital. Lastly, we discussed its applicability and use as a new paradigm of the next generation of medical care.<>