Scenarios for digital twin deployment in healthcare facilities management

What is it about?

Healthcare facilities are very important in ensuring the safety of lives. This means that the facilities management put in place for facilities of such should be effective. However, this study identified shortcomings in healthcare facilities management and proposed a digital twin (DT) approach as a solution. The DT solution was proposed using various scenarios to show its applicability.

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Why is it important?

Buildings and facilities are no longer just structures but part of our lives because we spend more than 70% of our lifetimes inside a building or facility. Additionally, buildings play important role in our lives as they can affect our mood, productivity, health, and safety. Consequently, buildings should integrate systems that ensure that users are not only protected but maintain good health and productivity. The current growth in technology has many potentials that can benefit buildings particularly in the area of facilities management. This work looked at the growing trend in technology particularly using Digital Twin as a way to improve facilities management to ensure productivity, health, and safety. Digital Twin is the representation of a physical model using 3D models, sensors, and other smart technologies to seamlessly represent the physical model thereby providing means to monitor and control the performance of the physical model.

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