Design for a digital twin in clinical patient care

Abstract Digital Twins hold great potential to personalize clinical patient care, provided the concept is translated to meet specific requirements emerging from established clinical workflows. We present a general and unspecialized Digital Twin design combining knowledge graphs and ensemble learning to reflect the entire patient’s clinical journey and assist clinicians in their decision-making. Such a design is predictive, modular, evolving, informed, interpretable and explainable, thus opening broad clinical applications.

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npj Health Systems
Published
2026-02-02
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44401-025-00060-1
Primary Topic
Digital Transformation in Industry
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Abstract

Abstract Digital Twins hold great potential to personalize clinical patient care, provided the concept is translated to meet specific requirements emerging from established clinical workflows. We present a general and unspecialized Digital Twin design combining knowledge graphs and ensemble learning to reflect the entire patient’s clinical journey and assist clinicians in their decision-making. Such a design is predictive, modular, evolving, informed, interpretable and explainable, thus opening broad clinical applications.

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