Advancing Healthcare Through the Integration of Digital Twins Technology: Personalized Medicine’s Next Frontier
The use of Digital Twin technology has been expanding rapidly, and projections indicate that it will continue to proliferate across various applications, use cases, and industries, including healthcare. In recent years, the healthcare sector has seen an acceleration in digital transformation. This f...
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| description | The use of Digital Twin technology has been expanding rapidly, and projections indicate that it will continue to proliferate across various applications, use cases, and industries, including healthcare. In recent years, the healthcare sector has seen an acceleration in digital transformation. This fast-paced change offers both opportunities and risks, especially with emerging technologies like digital twins, which are relatively untested and still in the early stages of adoption in medical care. This paper aims to conduct a literature review to explore how digital twins facilitate intelligent automation in healthcare. It defines the concept, traces the technology’s evolution and development, reviews its key enabling technologies, and examines current trends and challenges. The paper also presents a range of application examples in personalized medicine and public health, concluding with a succinct discussion of the primary technical and ancillary challenges, as well as the ethical issues that arise when applying digital twin technology to human subjects. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3d64fcfdb7f245c48380909ed837ce6e2025-08-20T02:00:33ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032024-12-01161247710.3390/fi16120477Advancing Healthcare Through the Integration of Digital Twins Technology: Personalized Medicine’s Next FrontierSharmin Attaran0Mohsen Attaran1Marketing, College of Business, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, USAManagement, School of Business and Public Administration, California State University, 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311, USAThe use of Digital Twin technology has been expanding rapidly, and projections indicate that it will continue to proliferate across various applications, use cases, and industries, including healthcare. In recent years, the healthcare sector has seen an acceleration in digital transformation. This fast-paced change offers both opportunities and risks, especially with emerging technologies like digital twins, which are relatively untested and still in the early stages of adoption in medical care. This paper aims to conduct a literature review to explore how digital twins facilitate intelligent automation in healthcare. It defines the concept, traces the technology’s evolution and development, reviews its key enabling technologies, and examines current trends and challenges. The paper also presents a range of application examples in personalized medicine and public health, concluding with a succinct discussion of the primary technical and ancillary challenges, as well as the ethical issues that arise when applying digital twin technology to human subjects.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/16/12/477digital twinshealth digital twinsmedical digital twinsdigital twin technologieshealthcaredigital twins challenges |
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| title | Advancing Healthcare Through the Integration of Digital Twins Technology: Personalized Medicine’s Next Frontier |
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| title_short | Advancing Healthcare Through the Integration of Digital Twins Technology: Personalized Medicine’s Next Frontier |
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