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ReviewUrologie (Heidelberg, Germany)2025

[Digital health: a green future for healthcare?]

Stephan O Adler, Daniela Hery, Eduard C Groen, Jean Stadlbauer, Theresa D Ahrens

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Review in Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Stephan O AdlerFraunhofer Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering IESE, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Deutschland. stephan.adler@iese.fraunhofer.de.
Daniela HeryFraunhofer Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering IESE, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Deutschland.
Eduard C GroenFraunhofer Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering IESE, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Deutschland.
Jean StadlbauerFraunhofer Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering IESE, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Deutschland.
Theresa D AhrensFraunhofer Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering IESE, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The healthcare sector is doubly affected by the climate crisis. On the one hand, the number of disease and injury cases will increase due to various effects such as heatwaves or natural disasters, further burdening the healthcare system. On the other hand, the healthcare sector itself significantly contributes to the emissions that exacerbate the climate crisis. A seemingly unsolvable vicious circle. That is why the present article discusses the relationship between digital health and sustainability in healthcare. Digital innovations such as telemedicine, digital diagnostics, or the use of artificial intelligence can increase efficiency and thus significantly relieve the burden on medical professionals. For the advantages of these technologies to outweigh inherent disadvantages like their high energy demand, digital and sustainable transformations must be addressed simultaneously. This so-called "twin transformation" shows that it can even unleash synergies. Therefore, this article describes interesting technological approaches and current research topics such as digital twins of patients and their sustainable design for healthcare. In addition, examples specific to urology are presented.

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Delivery of Health CareDigital TechnologyTelemedicineArtificial IntelligenceClimate ChangeDigital HealthForecastingHumansAnesthetic gasesArtificial intelligenceDigital transformationSoftwareSustainability

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