Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, May 2025 – Professor Huan X. Nguyen, UK lead of the StrokeDT: Early Intervention for Minor Stroke Patients project and the related Digital Twin for Stroke Care networking initiative, recently visited Đà Nẵng Hospital to engage with the hospital leadership and stroke unit team.
During the visit, Prof. Nguyen met with Dr. Lê Đức Nhân, General Director of the hospital, and the stroke unit clinicians and staff. The meeting focused on reviewing ongoing project activities, exploring collaboration strategies, and aligning on next steps to integrate digital-platform tools into stroke care workflows.
Key topics discussed included:
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The use of digital twin technology and machine learning models to enable real-time monitoring, prediction of secondary strokes, and proactive intervention for patients with minor strokes.
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How to collect and share clinical data securely and ethically, to support model training and validation across Vietnamese hospital sites.
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Possible workflows for embedding the digital platform into hospital operations, including alerts, decision support, and clinician dashboards.
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Capacity building, training sessions, and knowledge exchange between UK, Vietnamese, and Indonesian partners.
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Timeline, milestones, and responsibilities for the next phases of field testing and evaluation at partner hospitals.
Dr. Lê Đức Nhân expressed strong support for the project, emphasising the potential of advanced digital tools to enhance stroke care quality and reduce time to intervention in Vietnam. The stroke unit team also shared insights on current challenges, such as data integration, workflow constraints, and staff training needs.
This visit highlights the commitment of all partners to transform stroke care through leading-edge digital technologies, and to build a scalable model that could be adopted across hospital systems in Vietnam and beyond.