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Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Health Systems Research

Background:

  • The HiGHmed Project aims to create a local and federated platform for retrievable, reusable, and interchangeable medical and research data.
  • Existing systems may lack integrated capabilities for early detection of infectious disease transmission events and outbreaks.
  • The project encompasses three medical use cases: cardiology, oncology, and infection control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To specify requirements for a local and federated platform within the HiGHmed Project.
  • To establish a smart infection control system (SmICS) for the Use Case Infection Control.
  • To enable early detection of transmission events, clusters, and outbreaks of various pathogens.

Main Methods:

  • Development and implementation of a local and federated platform.
  • Specification of requirements based on medical use cases (cardiology, oncology, infection).
  • Focus on data retrievability, reusability, and interchangeability.

Main Results:

  • Defined requirements for a versatile medical data platform.
  • Initiated the development of the smart infection control system (SmICS).
  • Aimed to improve early detection capabilities for infectious disease threats.

Conclusions:

  • The HiGHmed Project's platform approach supports data interoperability in healthcare and research.
  • The SmICS system is designed to enhance infectious disease surveillance and outbreak management.
  • Early detection and control of pathogens are critical for public health outcomes.