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Healthcare Innovation February 27, 2023
Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth researchers to build “Digital Twin Neighborhoods,” synthesizing de-identified health information from EHRs that will include social determinants of health data
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth are using “digital twin” technology to better understand healthcare disparities based on where someone lives.
Digital twins are sophisticated data models built from electronic health records to analyze health trends. The technology aids in accurately representing complex economic, environmental and social factors that can lead to disparities between neighboring communities.
The project will use data from a combined research registry of more than 250,000 patients from the two health systems. The research team, led by Jarrod Dalton, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic, and Adam Perzynski, Ph.D., of MetroHealth.
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