Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot147210.32687/0869-866X-2024-32-3-318-324НеопределенThe digital health care and digital twins as its components: the systematic reviewLazarevA Vandrey.v.lazarev@gmail.ruKalininskayaA Aakalininskya@yandex.ruN. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, 105064, Moscow, Russia290620243232204202522042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article presents systematic review of National and foreign publications concerning strategy of digital society development, definitions and concepts of digital twins in health care. The analysis of development of digital twins of patients and application of digital twins of human organs in medicine is presented. 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