Digital Health: A Digital Twin to improve holistic community-based diagnosis of heart disease
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Infection Immunity & Cardiovasc Disease
Abstract
Today, whether or not heart diseases affecting millions of people in the UK is accurately diagnosed depends almost entirely on how the patient describes their symptoms to a non-specialist GP. Mobile phones, wearables such as smartwatches, and other technologies are now very common and can obtain a lot of information that could help diagnose heart disease. However, this requires such technologies to be developed and for us to understand how patients and doctors use the technologies and understand the data they provide.
This project will work with patients and doctors to learn what information they believe is necessary to diagnose a range of heart diseases. We will develop and test the technologies required to obtain this information. We will then develop ways to communicate this data to both patient and doctor to provide the greatest possible insights into the persons physical and mental health.
This project will work with patients and doctors to learn what information they believe is necessary to diagnose a range of heart diseases. We will develop and test the technologies required to obtain this information. We will then develop ways to communicate this data to both patient and doctor to provide the greatest possible insights into the persons physical and mental health.
Organisations
Publications
Chico TJ
(2023)
Device-based measurement of physical activity in cardiovascular healthcare: possibilities and challenges.
in British journal of sports medicine
Gill JM
(2023)
Potential impact of wearables on physical activity guidelines and interventions: opportunities and challenges.
in British journal of sports medicine
Hughes ME
(2023)
How Could Sensor-Based Measurement of Physical Activity Be Used in Cardiovascular Healthcare?
in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Shiwani MA
(2023)
Continuous Monitoring of Health and Mobility Indicators in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: A Review of Recent Technologies.
in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Stamatakis E
(2023)
Journey of a thousand miles: from 'Manpo-Kei' to the first steps-based physical activity recommendations.
in British journal of sports medicine
Williams G
(2023)
Wearable technology and the cardiovascular system: the future of patient assessment
in The Lancet Digital Health
| Description | We have obtained patient and medical staff input into the design of our digital twin, and published these with further manuscripts to follow |
| Exploitation Route | Our work will influence other teams developing healthcare innovations |
| Sectors | Healthcare |
| Description | Networks of Cardiovascular Digital Twins (CVD-Net) |
| Amount | £8,844,327 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/Z531297/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 09/2028 |
| Description | The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub |
| Amount | £3,211,469 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/X03075X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 08/2026 |