The Use and Ethics of Digital Twins in Medicine

Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) are currently the subject of much debate both in terms of their technological frontiers as well as their ethical, legal and societal implications (ELSI). Regulation of such technologies as medical devices currently lacks behind their level of adoption. Digital Twin...

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Published inThe Journal of law, medicine & ethics Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 583 - 596
Main Authors Iqbal, Jeffrey David, Krauthammer, Michael, Biller-Andorno, Nikola
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Cambridge University Press 01.01.2022
Subjects
Adoption of innovations
Algorithms
Bioethics
Cardiovascular disease
Debates
Digital twins
Ethics
Finite volume method
Health care access
Heart
Machine learning
Medical equipment
Medical technology
Medicine
Patients
Pattern recognition
Precision medicine
Preventive maintenance
Robots
Software
Technology
Telemedicine
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Summary:Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) are currently the subject of much debate both in terms of their technological frontiers as well as their ethical, legal and societal implications (ELSI). Regulation of such technologies as medical devices currently lacks behind their level of adoption. Digital Twins are the next evolution step of such DHTs and provide an opportunity to anticipate and act on ELSI before adoption again leaps before the necessary review. This paper introduces the concept and use cases of digital twins in medicine, then frames the debate through the lens of related technologies, machine learning and personalized medicine, and maps ethical challenges stemming from those. Finally, we lay out how digital twins may change and challenge the future practice of medicine.
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ISSN:1073-1105
1748-720X
1748-720X
DOI:10.1017/jme.2022.97