case study
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
REVOLUTIONISING
HEALTHCARE IN SPAIN
The cocreation of a new healthcare API called Hikari, to improve clinical decision making
and the accurate assessment of risks for individual patients, has been developed by
Fujitsu in conjunction with The San Carlos Clinical Hospital (HCSC) in Madrid.
T
he San Carlos Clinical
Hospital (HCSC) has
sought to improve care,
teaching and research
since it was founded in
1787. During over two centuries
of history, the hospital has
changed and adapted to meet
the demands of the residents of
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Madrid and the high standard of
its facilities and staff has made
it a national and international
leader. The HCSC Innovation
Unit of The Institute of Sanitary
Research of the San Carlos
Clinical Hospital (IdISSC) is
responsible for promoting,
supporting and disseminating
healthcare innovation and
supporting the process of
transforming ideas into products
and services that represent value
for patients, staff and the system
as a whole. In late 2014, IdISSC
started discussion with Fujitsu
Laboratories of Europe that led to
the development and field testing