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A modern guide to computational models and constructive simulation for personalized patient care using the Digital Patient

The healthcare industry's emphasis is shifting from merely reacting to disease to preventing disease and promoting wellness. Addressing one of the more hopeful Big Data undertakings, The Digital Patient: Advancing Healthcare, Research, and Education presents a timely resource on the construction and deployment of the Digital Patient and its effects on healthcare, research, and education. The Digital Patient will not be constructed based solely on new information from all the omics fields; it also includes systems analysis, Big Data, and the various efforts to model the human physiome and represent it virtually. The Digital Patient will be realized through the purposeful collaboration of patients as well as scientific, clinical, and policy researchers.

The Digital Patient: Advancing Healthcare, Research, and Education addresses

Table of Contents
List of Contributors xiii

Preface xvii

Part 1 The Vision: The Digital Patient—Improving Research, Development, Education, and Healthcare Practice 1

1 The Digital Patient 3
C. Donald Combs

Health, The Goal, 4

Personalized Medicine, 4

The Best Outcomes, 5

The Emergence of the Digital Patient, 5

The Human Physiome, 6

Enabling the Digital Patient, 8

P4 Medicine, 11

Conclusion, 11

References, 12

2 Reflecting on Discipulus and Remaining Challenges 15
Vanessa Díaz]Zuccarini, Mona Alimohammadi, and César Pichardo]Almarza

Introduction, 15

A Brief Contextual Background and a Call for Integration: Personalized Medicine is Holistic, 16

The Many Versions of the Digital Patient: On the Road to Medical Avatars, 18

Discipulus: The Digital Patient Technological Challenges and Main Conclusions, 19

The Remaining Challenges and Big Data, 24

Conclusion, 25

References, 26

3 Advancing the Digital Patient 27
Catherine M. Banks

Introduction, 27

The Digital Patient: Its Early Start, 28

Engaging the Digital Patient, 30

Conclusion, 31

4 The Significance of Modeling and Visualization 33
John A. Sokolowski and Hector M. Garcia

Introduction, 33

Modeling a Complex System: Human Physiology, 34

Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization, 35

Modes and Types of Visualization, 40

Visualization for Patient]Specific Usefulness, 43

Conclusion, 43

References, 45

Part 2 State of the Art: Systems Biology, the Physiome and Personalized Health 49

5 The Visible Human: A Graphical Interface for Holistic Modeling and Simulation 51
Victor M. Spitzer

Introduction, 51

Education, 53

Modeling, 55

Virtual Reality Trainers and Simulators, 56

Conclusion, 58

References, 59

6 The Quantifiable Self: Petabyte by Petabyte 63
C. Donald Combs and Scarlett R. Barham

Introduction, 63

Smarr’s Quantified Self, 64

Extending Smarr’s Research, 67

The Quantified Self]Vision, Simplified, 69

Criticism, 69

Conclusion, 71

References, 72

7 Systems Biology and Health Systems Complexity: Implications for the Digital Patient 73
C. Donald Combs, Scarlett R. Barham, and Peter M. A. Sloot

Introduction, 73

Systems Biology, 75

The Institute for Systems Biology, 76

The Complexity Institute, 78

The Potential of Systems Biology, 81

Criticism, 82

Conclusion, 83

References, 83

8 Personalized Computational Modeling for the Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias 85
Seth H. Weinberg

Introduction, 85

Basics of Cardiac Electrophysiology, 86

Cardiac Modeling Advancements, 89

Regulation of Intracellular Calcium, 90

From Cells to Cables to Sheets to Tissue to the Heart, 91

Where Can we go from Here? What is the Cardiac Model in the Digital Patient? 95

References, 96

9 The Physiome Project, openEHR Archetypes, and the Digital Patient 101
David P. Nickerson, Koray Atalag, Bernard de Bono, and Peter J. Hunter

Introduction, 101

Multiscale Physiological Processes, 102

Physiome Project Standards, Repositories, and Tools, 103

Archetype Specialization, 112

Archetype Definition Language, 113

Linking Archetypes to External Knowledge Sources (Terminology and Biomedical Ontologies), 114

Archetype Annotations, 114

OpenEHR Model Repository and Governance, 115

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, 115

A Disease Scenario, 116

Summary and Conclusions, 121

References, 122

10 Physics]Based Modeling for the Physiome 127
William A. Pruett and Robert L. Hester

Introduction, 127

Modeling Schemes, 128

Future Challenges, 142

Conclusion, 142

Acknowledgments, 143

References, 143

11 Modeling and Understanding the Human Body with SwarmScript 149
Sebastian von Mammen, Stefan Schellmoser, Christian Jacob, and Jörg Hähner

Introduction, 149

Related Work, 150

Multiagent Organization, 152

Designing Interactive Agents, 152

Speaking SwarmScript, 153

Answering Demand: The Design of SwarmScript, 153

Graph]Based Rule Representation, 153

The Source–Action–Target, 154

SwarmScript INTO3D, 154

A SwarmScript Dialogue, 155

Discussion, 159

Summary, 161

References, 162

12 Using Avatars and Agents to Promote Real]World Health Behavior Changes 167
Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn

Introduction, 167

Avatars and Agents, 168

Using Agents and Avatars to Promote Health Behavior Changes, 169

Conclusion, 174

References, 174

13 Virtual Reality and Eating, Diabetes, and Obesity 179
Jessica E. Cornick and Jim Blascovich

Introduction, 179

Virtual Reality, 179

Obesity and Weight Stigma, 184

Virtual Reality as a Tool for Combatting Health Issues, 185

Conclusion, 189

References, 189

14 Immersive Virtual Reality to Model Physical: Social Interaction and Self]Representation 197
Eric B. Bauman

Introduction, 197

Theory for Immersive Virtual Learning Spaces, 197

Conclusion, 202

References, 203

Part 3 Challenges: Assimilating the Comprehensive Digital Patient 205

15 A Roadmap for Building a Digital Patient System 207
Saikou Y. Diallo and Christopher J. Lynch

Introduction, 207

Approach, 210

Building the Digital Patient Through Interoperability, 211

Conclusion, 221

Acknowledgments, 221

References, 221

16 Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Research: Contextualization and Reliability of the Composite 225
Andreas Tolk

Introduction, 225

Interdisciplinarity and Interdisciplinary Research, 226

Data Engineering to Support Interdisciplinarity and Interoperability, 228

Base Object Models to Support Transdisciplinarity and Composability, 233

Open Challenges on Reliability, 235

Summary and Conclusion, 237

References, 239

17 Bayes Net Modeling: The Means to Craft the Digital Patient 241
Joseph A. Tatman and Barry C. Ezell

Introduction, 241

Other Interesting Applications, 246

Conclusion, 251

References, 253

Part 4 Potential Impact: Engaging The Digital Patient 255

18 Virtual Reality Standardized Patients for Clinical Training 257
Albert Rizzo and Thomas Talbot

Introduction, 257

The Rationale for Virtual Standardized Patients, 258

Conversational Virtual Human Agents, 259

Usc Efforts to Create Virtual Standardized Patients, 260

Conclusion, 269

References, 270

19 The Digital Patient: Changing the Paradigm of Healthcare and Impacting Medical Research and Education 273
V. Andrea Parodi

Introduction, 273

Overview Digital Medicine Projects, 275

Personalized Patient Care Clinical Use, 279

Recommended Education and Training for VPH Project Participation, 281

From Flexner to the 2010 Carnegie Report, 284

Summary Statements, 286

References, 287

20 The Digital Patient: A Vision for Revolutionizing the Electronic Medical Record and Future Healthcare 289
Richard M. Satava

Introduction, 289

Applications of the Digital Patient as the EMR, 291

Discussion, 296

Conclusion, 297

References, 297

21 Realizing the Digital Patient 299
C. Donald Combs and John A. Sokolowski

Index 305

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    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
    Publication Date: 16/02/2016
    ISBN13: 9781118952757, 978-1118952757
    ISBN10: 1118952758

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    A modern guide to computational models and constructive simulation for personalized patient care using the Digital Patient

    The healthcare industry's emphasis is shifting from merely reacting to disease to preventing disease and promoting wellness. Addressing one of the more hopeful Big Data undertakings, The Digital Patient: Advancing Healthcare, Research, and Education presents a timely resource on the construction and deployment of the Digital Patient and its effects on healthcare, research, and education. The Digital Patient will not be constructed based solely on new information from all the omics fields; it also includes systems analysis, Big Data, and the various efforts to model the human physiome and represent it virtually. The Digital Patient will be realized through the purposeful collaboration of patients as well as scientific, clinical, and policy researchers.

    The Digital Patient: Advancing Healthcare, Research, and Education addresses

    Table of Contents
    List of Contributors xiii

    Preface xvii

    Part 1 The Vision: The Digital Patient—Improving Research, Development, Education, and Healthcare Practice 1

    1 The Digital Patient 3
    C. Donald Combs

    Health, The Goal, 4

    Personalized Medicine, 4

    The Best Outcomes, 5

    The Emergence of the Digital Patient, 5

    The Human Physiome, 6

    Enabling the Digital Patient, 8

    P4 Medicine, 11

    Conclusion, 11

    References, 12

    2 Reflecting on Discipulus and Remaining Challenges 15
    Vanessa Díaz]Zuccarini, Mona Alimohammadi, and César Pichardo]Almarza

    Introduction, 15

    A Brief Contextual Background and a Call for Integration: Personalized Medicine is Holistic, 16

    The Many Versions of the Digital Patient: On the Road to Medical Avatars, 18

    Discipulus: The Digital Patient Technological Challenges and Main Conclusions, 19

    The Remaining Challenges and Big Data, 24

    Conclusion, 25

    References, 26

    3 Advancing the Digital Patient 27
    Catherine M. Banks

    Introduction, 27

    The Digital Patient: Its Early Start, 28

    Engaging the Digital Patient, 30

    Conclusion, 31

    4 The Significance of Modeling and Visualization 33
    John A. Sokolowski and Hector M. Garcia

    Introduction, 33

    Modeling a Complex System: Human Physiology, 34

    Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization, 35

    Modes and Types of Visualization, 40

    Visualization for Patient]Specific Usefulness, 43

    Conclusion, 43

    References, 45

    Part 2 State of the Art: Systems Biology, the Physiome and Personalized Health 49

    5 The Visible Human: A Graphical Interface for Holistic Modeling and Simulation 51
    Victor M. Spitzer

    Introduction, 51

    Education, 53

    Modeling, 55

    Virtual Reality Trainers and Simulators, 56

    Conclusion, 58

    References, 59

    6 The Quantifiable Self: Petabyte by Petabyte 63
    C. Donald Combs and Scarlett R. Barham

    Introduction, 63

    Smarr’s Quantified Self, 64

    Extending Smarr’s Research, 67

    The Quantified Self]Vision, Simplified, 69

    Criticism, 69

    Conclusion, 71

    References, 72

    7 Systems Biology and Health Systems Complexity: Implications for the Digital Patient 73
    C. Donald Combs, Scarlett R. Barham, and Peter M. A. Sloot

    Introduction, 73

    Systems Biology, 75

    The Institute for Systems Biology, 76

    The Complexity Institute, 78

    The Potential of Systems Biology, 81

    Criticism, 82

    Conclusion, 83

    References, 83

    8 Personalized Computational Modeling for the Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias 85
    Seth H. Weinberg

    Introduction, 85

    Basics of Cardiac Electrophysiology, 86

    Cardiac Modeling Advancements, 89

    Regulation of Intracellular Calcium, 90

    From Cells to Cables to Sheets to Tissue to the Heart, 91

    Where Can we go from Here? What is the Cardiac Model in the Digital Patient? 95

    References, 96

    9 The Physiome Project, openEHR Archetypes, and the Digital Patient 101
    David P. Nickerson, Koray Atalag, Bernard de Bono, and Peter J. Hunter

    Introduction, 101

    Multiscale Physiological Processes, 102

    Physiome Project Standards, Repositories, and Tools, 103

    Archetype Specialization, 112

    Archetype Definition Language, 113

    Linking Archetypes to External Knowledge Sources (Terminology and Biomedical Ontologies), 114

    Archetype Annotations, 114

    OpenEHR Model Repository and Governance, 115

    Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, 115

    A Disease Scenario, 116

    Summary and Conclusions, 121

    References, 122

    10 Physics]Based Modeling for the Physiome 127
    William A. Pruett and Robert L. Hester

    Introduction, 127

    Modeling Schemes, 128

    Future Challenges, 142

    Conclusion, 142

    Acknowledgments, 143

    References, 143

    11 Modeling and Understanding the Human Body with SwarmScript 149
    Sebastian von Mammen, Stefan Schellmoser, Christian Jacob, and Jörg Hähner

    Introduction, 149

    Related Work, 150

    Multiagent Organization, 152

    Designing Interactive Agents, 152

    Speaking SwarmScript, 153

    Answering Demand: The Design of SwarmScript, 153

    Graph]Based Rule Representation, 153

    The Source–Action–Target, 154

    SwarmScript INTO3D, 154

    A SwarmScript Dialogue, 155

    Discussion, 159

    Summary, 161

    References, 162

    12 Using Avatars and Agents to Promote Real]World Health Behavior Changes 167
    Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn

    Introduction, 167

    Avatars and Agents, 168

    Using Agents and Avatars to Promote Health Behavior Changes, 169

    Conclusion, 174

    References, 174

    13 Virtual Reality and Eating, Diabetes, and Obesity 179
    Jessica E. Cornick and Jim Blascovich

    Introduction, 179

    Virtual Reality, 179

    Obesity and Weight Stigma, 184

    Virtual Reality as a Tool for Combatting Health Issues, 185

    Conclusion, 189

    References, 189

    14 Immersive Virtual Reality to Model Physical: Social Interaction and Self]Representation 197
    Eric B. Bauman

    Introduction, 197

    Theory for Immersive Virtual Learning Spaces, 197

    Conclusion, 202

    References, 203

    Part 3 Challenges: Assimilating the Comprehensive Digital Patient 205

    15 A Roadmap for Building a Digital Patient System 207
    Saikou Y. Diallo and Christopher J. Lynch

    Introduction, 207

    Approach, 210

    Building the Digital Patient Through Interoperability, 211

    Conclusion, 221

    Acknowledgments, 221

    References, 221

    16 Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Research: Contextualization and Reliability of the Composite 225
    Andreas Tolk

    Introduction, 225

    Interdisciplinarity and Interdisciplinary Research, 226

    Data Engineering to Support Interdisciplinarity and Interoperability, 228

    Base Object Models to Support Transdisciplinarity and Composability, 233

    Open Challenges on Reliability, 235

    Summary and Conclusion, 237

    References, 239

    17 Bayes Net Modeling: The Means to Craft the Digital Patient 241
    Joseph A. Tatman and Barry C. Ezell

    Introduction, 241

    Other Interesting Applications, 246

    Conclusion, 251

    References, 253

    Part 4 Potential Impact: Engaging The Digital Patient 255

    18 Virtual Reality Standardized Patients for Clinical Training 257
    Albert Rizzo and Thomas Talbot

    Introduction, 257

    The Rationale for Virtual Standardized Patients, 258

    Conversational Virtual Human Agents, 259

    Usc Efforts to Create Virtual Standardized Patients, 260

    Conclusion, 269

    References, 270

    19 The Digital Patient: Changing the Paradigm of Healthcare and Impacting Medical Research and Education 273
    V. Andrea Parodi

    Introduction, 273

    Overview Digital Medicine Projects, 275

    Personalized Patient Care Clinical Use, 279

    Recommended Education and Training for VPH Project Participation, 281

    From Flexner to the 2010 Carnegie Report, 284

    Summary Statements, 286

    References, 287

    20 The Digital Patient: A Vision for Revolutionizing the Electronic Medical Record and Future Healthcare 289
    Richard M. Satava

    Introduction, 289

    Applications of the Digital Patient as the EMR, 291

    Discussion, 296

    Conclusion, 297

    References, 297

    21 Realizing the Digital Patient 299
    C. Donald Combs and John A. Sokolowski

    Index 305

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