case study
of a new artificial intelligence (AI)
solution, Hikari (meaning ‘light’
in Japanese). This healthcare API
is designed to improve clinical
decision making and the accurate
assessment of risks for individual
patients, giving doctors access
to integrated, grouped and
anonymous data obtained from
clinical and non-clinical sources. It
is a new advanced clinical research
information system that brings
together an advanced suite of
micro-services that allow doctors
to extract knowledge and carry
out analyses using multiple data
sources related to patient health.
The data challenge
Digital transformation has seen the
advent of Big Data and the analysis
of data from all sectors, including
healthcare, to help organisations
make better decisions. The
potential of Big Data in healthcare
lies in taking advantage of all the
information that can be gleaned
from data to improve the quality of
the sector and, most importantly,
improve the care provided to
patients and the public.
Traditional healthcare
institutions have extensive paper
archives built up over many years,
representing a body of data that
is often difficult to systematise,
locate and interpret. The
implementation of the electronic
clinical history represents
significant progress, facilitating
analysis by providing information
in an accessible and legible format
with centralised access.
However, in a ‘post digitisation’
era, the information generated on a
daily basis remains underused.
‘We have access to a vast
quantity of data but it’s hard to
extract meaningful information
that helps us improve the quality
of the care we provide,’ explains
Dr Julio Mayol Martínez, medical
director and director of innovation
at the San Carlos Clinical Hospital.
Hikari – A solution
based on cocreation
and innovation
At the end of 2014, Fujitsu
approached HCSC to show some
of the tools its innovation and data
usage teams had been working on.
‘It was designed as an open
format, with the chance to ask
questions and analyse whether
Fujitsu tools could help answer
them,’ explains Dr Germán Seara
from the Innovation Unit. ‘We
realised Fujitsu’s proposal was
different from other commercial
companies. Fujitsu saw us as
a partner in a collaborative
relationship based on cocreation
and innovation.’
Digital
transformation
has seen the
advent of Big
Data and the
analysis of
data from all
sectors to help
organisations
make better
decisions.
Hikari is an AI solution
developed jointly by Fujitsu
Laboratories Europe, Fujitsu Spain
and the Innovation Unit at The
Institute of Sanitary Research of
the HCSC Madrid. This human
centric solution allows doctors to
access integrated, grouped and
anonymous data obtained from
clinical and non-clinical sources. It
is a new advanced clinical research
information system that brings
together an advanced suite of
micro-services that allow doctors
to extract knowledge and carry
out analyses using multiple data
sources related to patient health.
The platform is the fruit of in-depth
research into the application of data
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