Mills, Grant; Symons, Anne; Wilson, Duncan; Irinie, Roufaeel; Scully, Peter; Shanks, David; Bhaskar, Cephas; ... Foster, Paul; + view all Mills, Grant; Symons, Anne; Wilson, Duncan; Irinie, Roufaeel; Scully, Peter; Shanks, David; Bhaskar, Cephas; Jayaram, Hari; Sivaprasad, Sobha; Foster, Paul; - view fewer (2025) Iterative Digital Twin Development for High Technology Healthcare Buildings: The Case of a New Ophthalmology Diagnostic Hub. In: Lu, Weisheng and Anumba, Chimay, (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Smart Built Environment. Routledge (In press).

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Abstract

Ophthalmology outpatient treatment in the NHS reached 5.5 million visits in 2020-21 and has accumulated a significant backlog due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A case study is described which brings together various disciplines to create a smart building environment. This chapter details what was done in order to aggregate digital and physical information in the iterative delivery of an Ophthalmology outpatient clinic. IoT people tracking, CO2 Sensors and Discrete Event Simulation were applied alongside virtual, augmented and physical mockups and modular prototyping. There are complexities in assimilating large volumes of data (e.g. IoT) and challenges caused by various data formats and visual representations (e.g. hand-drawn, 2D drawings, AR and VR), however we show how an iteration approach can support advanced digital twin development for high technology healthcare building types. This work has informed rapid diagnostics, and shown how an empty commercial real estate space can be repurposed for healthcare.

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