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How are Virtual Humans advancing scientific research and strengthening translational medicine?
Interview 6: Patient-centered digital twins and health empowerment – Paul McGreavy
Patient advocate Paul McGreavy brings a powerful human perspective to VHGS II, highlighting why trust, accessibility, and clear communication are essential for the adoption of digital twin technologies.
McGreavy highlights the 5 most important things in terms of building trust between the clinician, the patient and the twin:
- Transparency: making sure the process is transparent for patients
- Data security: ensuring patients their data is used in a safe and private way
- Patient involvment in Design: they need to be proactive in working with medical researches
- Informed consent: the patient needs to understand what happens to their data when incorporated into AI and Digital Twin
- Continuous communication throughout the patient’s life
💊 “Patient involvement in design is crucial. The industry needs to incorporate patients in the development, into research, into the trial that is taking place, before distribution to a wider patient population”
Interview 7: Digital health innovation and patient experience – Steven Bourke (Personal Pulse)
Steven Bourke, founder of Personal Pulse, discusses the transformative potential of digital health innovations and their role in improving patient experience. He shares reflections from VHGS II on how collaboration between technology providers, healthcare systems, and patients is reshaping digital care journeys. Bourke emphasizes the importance of engagement, empowerment, and usability, highlighting how Virtual Humans and AI-driven tools can amplify patient agency.
💊 “Lived experience is often treated as ‘dark data’, yet it provides a prism for understanding the subtleties of physiological inputs. Trust isn’t something to be earned; it’s broken when patients are excluded from the conversation.”
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