Advancing Health Care With Digital Twins: Meta-Review of Applications and Implementation Challenges (Preprint) DOI
Mickaël Ringeval, Faustin Armel Etindele Sosso, Martin Cousineau

et al.

Published: Dec. 2, 2024

BACKGROUND Digital twins (DTs) are digital representations of real-world systems, enabling advanced simulations, predictive modeling, and real-time optimization in various fields, including health care. Despite growing interest, the integration DTs care faces challenges such as fragmented applications, ethical concerns, barriers to adoption. OBJECTIVE This study systematically reviews existing literature on DT applications with three objectives: (1) map primary (2) identify key limitations, (3) highlight gaps that can guide future research. METHODS A meta-review was conducted a systematic fashion, adhering PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses extension Scoping Reviews) guidelines, included 25 published between 2021 2024. The search encompassed 5 databases: PubMed, CINAHL, Web Science, Embase, PsycINFO. Thematic synthesis used categorize stakeholders, RESULTS total 3 were identified: personalized medicine, operational efficiency, medical While current diagnostics, patient-specific treatment hospital resource optimization, remain their early stages development, they significant potential DTs. Challenges include data quality, issues, socioeconomic barriers. review also identified scalability, interoperability, clinical validation. CONCLUSIONS hold transformative care, providing individualized accelerated However, adoption is hindered by technical, ethical, financial Addressing these issues requires interdisciplinary collaboration, standardized protocols, inclusive implementation strategies ensure equitable access meaningful impact. CLINICALTRIAL

Language: Английский

Advancing Healthcare with Digital Twins: A Meta-Review of Applications and Implementation Challenges (Preprint) DOI Creative Commons
Mickaël Ringeval, Faustin Armel Etindele Sosso, Martin Cousineau

et al.

Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 27, P. e69544 - e69544

Published: Jan. 24, 2025

Background Digital twins (DTs) are digital representations of real-world systems, enabling advanced simulations, predictive modeling, and real-time optimization in various fields, including health care. Despite growing interest, the integration DTs care faces challenges such as fragmented applications, ethical concerns, barriers to adoption. Objective This study systematically reviews existing literature on DT applications with three objectives: (1) map primary (2) identify key limitations, (3) highlight gaps that can guide future research. Methods A meta-review was conducted a systematic fashion, adhering PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses extension Scoping Reviews) guidelines, included 25 published between 2021 2024. The search encompassed 5 databases: PubMed, CINAHL, Web Science, Embase, PsycINFO. Thematic synthesis used categorize stakeholders, Results total 3 were identified: personalized medicine, operational efficiency, medical While current diagnostics, patient-specific treatment hospital resource optimization, remain their early stages development, they significant potential DTs. Challenges include data quality, issues, socioeconomic barriers. review also identified scalability, interoperability, clinical validation. Conclusions hold transformative care, providing individualized accelerated However, adoption is hindered by technical, ethical, financial Addressing these issues requires interdisciplinary collaboration, standardized protocols, inclusive implementation strategies ensure equitable access meaningful impact.

Language: Английский

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Development and Pilot Testing of the Mobile Application to Prevent Suicide (MAPS) DOI
Heather T. Schatten, Christopher D. Hughes, Sara Kimble

et al.

Cognitive Therapy and Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

Language: Английский

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Barriers to the Utilization of mHealth Applications in Saudi Arabia: Insights from Patients with Chronic Diseases DOI Open Access
Haitham Alzghaibi

Healthcare, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(6), P. 665 - 665

Published: March 18, 2025

Background: Mobile health (mHealth) applications play a crucial role in enhancing healthcare accessibility, patient engagement, and chronic disease management. However, technical, usability, privacy-related barriers continue to hinder their widespread adoption. The Sehaty app, government-managed mHealth platform Saudi Arabia, is widely used for scheduling medical appointments, accessing records, communicating with providers. Understanding the challenges associated its utilization essential optimizing functionality improving user experience. Aim: This study aims identify evaluate key affecting adoption usability of application among patients conditions Arabia. Specifically, it examines related technical performance, privacy, security impact on satisfaction engagement. Methods: A cross-sectional was conducted using structured questionnaire distributed 344 participants selected through purposive sampling ensure inclusion active users conditions. assessed 10 primary barriers, including issues, navigation difficulties, privacy concerns, accessibility limitations. Descriptive statistics correlation analyses were performed prevalence interrelationships these barriers. Results: findings indicate that frequent crashes, slow responsiveness, system instability, significantly satisfaction. Usability challenges, such as difficulties task completion, further impede Moreover, concerns emerged significant deterrents, expressing apprehensions about data safety transparency. Accessibility particularly older adults individuals disabilities, insufficient support training, making app less user-friendly populations. highlights interconnected nature suggesting improvements stability interface design could lead enhanced confidence, overall Conclusions: Addressing requires targeted enhancements, user-centered improvements, strengthened measures promote trust Additionally, implementing comprehensive systems features ensuring equitable access services. While study’s generalizability limited by focus single platform, offer valuable insights applicable broader initiatives. Future research should incorporate longitudinal studies assess long-term outcomes.

Language: Английский

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Insights into the Technological Evolution and Research Trends of Mobile Health: Bibliometric Analysis DOI Open Access
Ruichen Zhang,

Hongyun Wang

Healthcare, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(7), P. 740 - 740

Published: March 26, 2025

Background/Objectives: Smartphones, with their widespread popularity and diverse apps, have become essential in our daily lives, ongoing advancements information technology unlocked significant potential healthcare. Our goal is to identify the future research directions of mobile health (mHealth) by examining its trends emerging hotspots. Methods: This study collected mHealth-related literature published between 2005 2024 from Web Science database. We conducted a descriptive statistic annual publication count categorized data authors institutions. In addition, we developed visualization maps display frequency keyword co-occurrences. Furthermore, overlay visualizations were created showcase average year specific keywords, helping track changing mHealth over time. Results: Between 2024, total 6093 papers related published. The revealed rapid increase number publications since 2011. However, it was found that on has reached saturation point 2021. University California dominant force research, 248 articles. California, London, Harvard University, Duke are actively collaborating, which shows geographical pattern collaboration. From analysis co-occurrence timeline, focus gradually shifted solely technologies exploring how new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) can intervene patient conditions, including breast cancer, diabetes, other chronic diseases. Privacy protection policies transparency mechanisms emerged an active current development. Notably, cutting-edge Internet Things (IoT), blockchain, virtual reality (VR) being increasingly integrated into systems. These technological convergences likely constitute key priorities field, particularly addressing security vulnerabilities while enhancing service scalability. Conclusions: Although volume core declining, practical applications continue expand across domains, integrating multiple technologies. It believed still holds enormous potential.

Language: Английский

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Perspectives, willingness, and current use of mobile health (mHealth) by patients with cancer for remote monitoring during cancer treatment: a Dutch national cross-sectional survey DOI Creative Commons
Dominique G. Stuijt, Milan Kos,

I. Dingemans

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ESMO Real World Data and Digital Oncology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7, P. 100115 - 100115

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Revisiting Remote Monitoring for Older Adults: A Systematic Literature Review toward Advancing Remote Monitoring for Patients with AD/ADRD (Preprint) DOI Creative Commons

Mohmmad Arif Shaik,

Fahim Islam Anik, Md Mehedi Hasan

et al.

JMIR Aging, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 8, P. e69175 - e69175

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Background Using remote monitoring technology in the context of Alzheimer disease (AD) care presents exciting new opportunities to lessen caregiver stress and improve patient quality. The application wearables, environmental sensors, smart home systems designed specifically for patients with AD represents a promising interdisciplinary approach that integrates advanced health enhance safety, monitor parameters real time, provide comprehensive support caregivers. Objective objectives this study included evaluating effectiveness various sensing technologies enhancing outcomes identifying strategies alleviate burden on professionals Critical elements such as regulatory compliance, user-centered design, privacy security considerations, overall efficacy relevant were comprehensively examined. Ultimately, aimed propose framework tailored needs related dementias. Methods Guided by PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses) framework, we conducted systematic review Our search spanned 4 major electronic databases—Google Scholar, PubMed, IEEE Xplore, DBLP February 20, 2024, an updated May 18, 2024. Results A total 31 publications met inclusion criteria, highlighting key research areas: existing technologies, balancing practicality empathy, monitoring, design care. studies revealed strong focus methods capturing behavioral, physiological, data yet showed gap these needs, privacy, usability. findings also indicated many lacked robust reference standards did not consistently apply critical appraisal underlining need frameworks better integrate essential considerations. Conclusions This literature provides understanding trends, gaps current significance novel reduce among proposed aims inspire development models advance AD.

Language: Английский

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The Mental health Technology Assessment of Quality (MTAQ): Development of a novel quality assurance framework for digital mental health tools (Preprint) DOI
Chris Attoe, Raul Szekely, Marta Ortega Vega

et al.

Published: April 14, 2025

BACKGROUND The rapid growth of digital mental health tools offers accessible support for a growing global population with needs. However, concerns exist regarding their safety, efficacy, and overall quality, particularly used outside healthcare settings. lack regulation exacerbates these issues, existing quality assurance frameworks are limited in scope not specific to health, failing address crucial aspects such as user experience evidence-based practices. OBJECTIVE This study aims develop novel, comprehensive, pragmatic framework specifically tailored – the Mental Technology Assessment Quality (MTAQ). METHODS A convergent mixed-methods design was employed framework. Participants included service users, academic professionals, provision experts. Quantitative survey data (N=309) were collected then analysed descriptively evaluate stakeholder priorities across three domains: experience, data, evidence. gathered broad insights into relative value various factors, supplemented by qualitative from focus groups interviews (N=101), which provided richer perspectives relation initial, literature-derived domains. thematically using deductive approach. RESULTS found that intuitive, accessible, user-centred design; robust privacy security measures; rigorous evidence important consider when assessing tools. These led development MTAQ, covering key domains structured assessment process. CONCLUSIONS MTAQ provides first comprehensive criteria By aligning research evidence, input, clinical perspectives, this pragmatic, user-informed standard has application improving design, assessment, trustworthiness rapidly evolving field.

Language: Английский

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Acceptability and perceived usefulness of the CHAMPS intervention for improving medication adherence among people with HIV in Alabama and New York DOI
Maeve Brin,

Claudia L. Michaels,

Patrick R. Veihman

et al.

International Journal of Medical Informatics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 105959 - 105959

Published: May 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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What are the Thoughts of Women Whose Husbands’ Frozen Testicular Sperm Is Thawed for in vitro Fertilization on the Day of Oocyte Retrieval? A Qualitative Study DOI Creative Commons
Yu He,

Qun Wei,

Xiaojie Chen

et al.

International Journal of Women s Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: Volume 17, P. 87 - 98

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

The psychological experiences will be analyzed to understand the needs and burdens of women on day oocyte retrieval when thawed testicular sperm their husbands is used for in vitro fertilization, order provide a basis subsequent formulation relevant nursing measures. This study utilized descriptive phenomenological research approach. A cohort 13 undergoing from fertilization at Reproductive Medicine Center Sir Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School Medicine, between August October 2024, were chosen as participants this study. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews conducted gather qualitative data. Colaizzi 7-step analysis method was subsequently analyze interview transcripts identify emerging themes. yielded 3 themes: (1) facing challenges requiring assistance (a. demonstrate strong desire acquire professional knowledge; b. recognition); (2) overwhelming stress concerns about potential privacy breaches; security issues; c. therapeutic efficacy); (3) improving family atmosphere marital relationships communication couples has increased.; shared expectations children help establish common goal). It recommended that healthcare practitioners implement strategies enhance patient education awareness surrounding assisted reproductive technology. Additionally, establishing strengthening social support, reinforcing protections safety measures, promoting effective partners, managing treatment outcome are crucial steps forward. Women prioritize efficacy, preservation, necessity acquiring comprehensive knowledge employing partner's fertilization. instrumental shaping policy dialogues health, highlighting critical significance women's health realm

Language: Английский

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Barriers to and enhancement of the utilization of digital mental health interventions in low-resource settings: Perceptions of young people in Uganda DOI Creative Commons
Erisa Mwaka,

Datsun Bazzeketa,

Joy Mirembe

et al.

Digital Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Introduction Digital mental health (DMH) enhances access to healthcare, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where investment healthcare is low. However, utilization among young people (YP) This study aimed explore YP's perceptions of the barriers using DMH interventions low-resource settings. Methods A qualitative descriptive approach was used. Six face-to-face focus group discussions were conducted with 50 YP from nine universities Uganda. The median age 24 years (range 21–25 years) respondents drawn diverse academic programmes majority being medical students (54%). thematic used interpret results. Results Three themes identified data including services, perceived utilization, suggestions for enhancement Most had a positive attitude towards DMH. included fear stigma, affordability, inequitable access, privacy confidentiality concerns, app-related challenges. Access use can be enhanced through public engagement, creating awareness, training, affordable interventions. Conclusion deemed important extending YP, systems traditional services are not readily available. several factors hinder equitable There need long-term digital technologies.

Language: Английский

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