Key result
Digital twins prototype integrates with legacy systems to track patients and optimize healthcare operations.
Why the study?
Efficient resource monitoring and organizational strategies are crucial to improve healthcare processes, and digital twins offer promising solutions.
A digital twins-based prototype was developed to optimize operating room and recovery room dynamics by tracking patients and integrating with legacy systems.
Prototype shows digital twin feasibility for OR tracking; leaves open whether it improves outcomes or efficiency in clinical use.
Efficient resource monitoring and organizational strategies are crucial for improving healthcare processes. Digital twins have been applied in many healthcare applications, and offer promising solutions. In our paper, we present a new digital twins-based approach that helps to improve the entire operating block management. We developed a prototype that allows for easy tracking of patients among the block, monitoring key areas: entrances, exits, and operating and recovery rooms. The system provides helpful services to medical staff, including statistical reports and scheduling assistance. Our solution was developed in partnership with the local hospital in Parma, and it seamlessly integrates with the existing legacy system to simplify healthcare operations.
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Pellegrino et al. (2024) studied Operating block management. Digital twins-based prototype was evaluated. A digital twins-based prototype was developed to track patients and monitor operating and recovery rooms, integrating with existing legacy systems to optimize healthcare operations.
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