Blockchain-Enabled Digital Twins for Secure and Transparent Health data Management

Abstract

The potential to incorporate digital twins in the healthcare sector promises unforeseen prospects of real-time tracking, individual care, and prediction. Nevertheless, such advantages contribute to serious problems associated with data security, privacy, integrity, and transparency because of the nature of healthcare data. This article discusses how blockchain technology can be used as an enabler infrastructure to overcome these issues as part of the digital twin-based healthcare facilities. Using decentralized, immutable, transparent ledger capabilities of blockchain, healthcare providers can also guarantee data protection between the stakeholders involved, along with patient privacy and the adherence to regulations like HIPAA and GDPR. The article explains the major frameworks in which consent management, access control, and audit trails are automated through smart contracts hence increasing trust and governance in digital health ecosystems. The work also illustrates real-life applications, industry implementations, and future proposed frameworks on how blockchain and digital twin model can be integrated in providing highly secure, scalable, and interoperable solutions in the healthcare sector. This article provides an examination of the technical obstacles, adoption concerns, and regulatory issues surrounding the coming together of these emerging technologies, and provides policymakers, healthcare organizations and technology developers with actionable information.