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February 5, 2026npj Health Systems0 citationsOpen Access

Design for a digital twin in clinical patient care

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ANAnna-Katharina NitschkeCBCarlos BrandlFEFabian Egersdörfer

Key Points

  • The central aim is to create a digital twin that personalizes clinical patient care based on existing workflows.
  • Designed a general digital twin that incorporates knowledge graphs and ensemble learning methods.
  • Focused on reflecting the entire clinical journey of patients.
  • Emphasized characteristics like predictiveness, modularity, and interpretability for clinician assistance.
  • The design is adaptable and can evolve according to clinical needs.
  • It allows for better-informed decision-making by clinicians.
  • The approach highlights broad potential applications across various clinical scenarios.

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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Nitschke et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6984346ff1d9ada3c1fb2912https://doi.org/10.1038/s44401-025-00060-1
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