Health digital twins as tools for precision medicine: Considerations for computation, implementation, and regulation

Venkatesh, Kaushik P.; Raza, Marium M.; Kvedar, Joseph C.

doi:10.1038/s41746-022-00694-7

Cited by 71 publications

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“…2) [9 ▪ ]. Digital twin systems go beyond classic remote patient monitoring by adding data-driven artificial intelligence systems and rapid data synchronization between the patient and their virtual counterpart, allowing to obtain a live meaningful representation of the patient, which can be used to monitor, diagnose or adjust treatment [10 ▪▪ ]. In asthma, technological advances concern both sensors (connected objects), computer models (models based on machine learning) and actuators (patient support systems).…”

Section: Digital Twins For Patients With Asthmamentioning

confidence: 99%

Home monitoring in asthma: towards digital twins

Drummond

Roukema²,

Pijnenburg

2023

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

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Purpose of reviewWe highlight the recent advances in home monitoring of patients with asthma, and show that these advances converge towards the implementation of digital twin systems. Recent findingsConnected devices for asthma are increasingly numerous, reliable and effective: new electronic monitoring devices extend to nebulizers and spacers, are able to assess the quality of the inhalation technique, and to identify asthma attack triggers when they include a geolocation function; environmental data can be acquired from databases and refined by wearable air quality sensors; smartwatches are better validated. Connected devices are increasingly integrated into global monitoring systems. At the same time, machine learning techniques open up the possibility of using the large amount of data collected to obtain a holistic assessment of asthma patients, and social robots and virtual assistants can help patients in the daily management of their asthma.

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Section: Digital Twins For Patients With Asthmamentioning

confidence: 99%

Home monitoring in asthma: towards digital twins

Drummond

Roukema²,

Pijnenburg

2023

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

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“…[142][143][144][145] Digital twins are mainly targeted at engineering systems but can also be applied to various fields, such as medical and information systems that perform critical decisions in surgical or physical systems. [146,147] Digital twins can efficiently derive diagnoses and prognoses for each patient and ) Schematic illustrations of a face-mediated human-robot interaction system. The haptic response is measured through tactile sensors, and the measured force is rendered as a facial expression.…”

Section: Digital Twins For Diagnostics and Therapeuticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Metaverse Wearables for Immersive Digital Healthcare: A Review

Kim,

Yang,

Lee

et al. 2023

Advanced Science

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The recent exponential growth of metaverse technology has been instrumental in reshaping a myriad of sectors, not least digital healthcare. This comprehensive review critically examines the landscape and future applications of metaverse wearables toward immersive digital healthcare. The key technologies and advancements that have spearheaded the metamorphosis of metaverse wearables are categorized, encapsulating all‐encompassed extended reality, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and other haptic feedback systems. Moreover, the fundamentals of their deployment in assistive healthcare (especially for rehabilitation), medical and nursing education, and remote patient management and treatment are investigated. The potential benefits of integrating metaverse wearables into healthcare paradigms are multifold, encompassing improved patient prognosis, enhanced accessibility to high‐quality care, and high standards of practitioner instruction. Nevertheless, these technologies are not without their inherent challenges and untapped opportunities, which span privacy protection, data safeguarding, and innovation in artificial intelligence. In summary, future research trajectories and potential advancements to circumvent these hurdles are also discussed, further augmenting the incorporation of metaverse wearables within healthcare infrastructures in the post‐pandemic era.

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“…The information flow is bidirectional—the patient receives the digital intervention through OCE and provides information for the DHI operations. All available relevant data, for example, medical data, health data, connections, digital preferences, and data for health can be centrally collected and integrated to form a digital twin [ 49 , 50 ]. Digital twin is a digital representation of the individual whose data it is based on.…”

Section: Omnichannel Engagement For Dhi-led Behavioral Changementioning

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Omnichannel Communication to Boost Patient Engagement and Behavioral Change With Digital Health Interventions

Blasiak¹,

Sapanel²,

Leitman³

et al. 2022

J Med Internet Res

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Digital health interventions are being increasingly incorporated into health care workflows to improve the efficiency of patient care. In turn, sustained patient engagement with digital health interventions can maximize their benefits toward health care outcomes. In this viewpoint, we outline a dynamic patient engagement by using various communication channels and the potential use of omnichannel engagement to integrate these channels. We conceptualize a novel patient care journey where multiple web-based and offline communication channels are integrated through a “digital twin.” The principles of implementing omnichannel engagement for digital health interventions and digital twins are also broadly covered. Omnichannel engagement in digital health interventions implies a flexibility for personalization, which can enhance and sustain patient engagement with digital health interventions, and ultimately, patient quality of care and outcomes. We believe that the novel concept of omnichannel engagement in health care can be greatly beneficial to patients and the system once it is successfully realized to its full potential.

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Health digital twins as tools for precision medicine: Considerations for computation, implementation, and regulation

Cited by 71 publications

References 10 publications

Home monitoring in asthma: towards digital twins

Home monitoring in asthma: towards digital twins

Metaverse Wearables for Immersive Digital Healthcare: A Review

Omnichannel Communication to Boost Patient Engagement and Behavioral Change With Digital Health Interventions

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