The strategy includes a high-level overview of the requirements for the new Monklands. This includes things like making best use of hospital resources such as tracking hospital equipment or the occupancy within a room. The Twin can also enhance patient engagement through an electronic portal to allow them to actively participate in their own care. If adopted, we would also want to be able to map patient movement to help staff improve patient journeys by identifying and removing any bottlenecks.

The Twin also helps to provide insights for management to optimise rostering and deployment to ensure adequate staff coverage and reduce burnout. The Twin allows staff to develop emergency preparedness and response planning by simulating various emergency scenarios.
The Digital Twin can be a powerful tool and if adopted in the new hospital, could improve the experience of patients, staff and visitors across the hospital site. Developing the strategy now gives us time to decide if a Digital Twin is the right technology for the new hospital and if so to refine what we want the Digital Twin’s capabilities to be. Our aim is to provide staff with the most modern working environment using the most up to date and economically advantageous systems, to enable them to give the best possible care to their patients.