Accelerating Personalized Health With Healthcare Digital Twins

One rapidly advancing trend in healthcare and life sciences is the shift from inefficient, expensive physical models to digital models tested in the virtual world. This is especially critical when time to value and cost are of the essence, as in the case of a global pandemic. One way to address this challenge, is to create a digital replica of a physical system or environment, accumulate data with sensors and collectors to monitor performance, and identify anomalies and trends to predict problems before they occur. This is known as a digital twin.The concept of a digital twin is not a new one. In fact, it has been around for several decades. However, it is only in recent years that the technology has advanced to the point where it is practical and cost-effective to create digital twins of large, complex systems.