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analytics in the healthcare sector . It implements Fujitsu Laboratories ’ cutting-edge data analysis and anonymity technologies , adapted to the specific needs of the Spanish healthcare sector .
The benefits
After a year working together , at the start of 2016 , the joint project was ready to begin field testing . Six months later , the results already deduced that the time taken by doctors to carry out preliminary assessments of patient records would be halved , freeing up more time for consultations .
‘ The first phase of the project was much more descriptive . Using proofs of concept , we devised a set of questions we wanted to answer from a clinical / medical perspective , thus defining the information on which we would focus , seeking to understand patient behaviour in their care journey ,’ explains Dr Seara . ‘ The information obtained from proofs of concept and the convergence of the information from different databases and different formats , such as accident and emergency , inpatient care and consultations allowed us to begin to group responses together and visualise them . Hikari identifies care patterns , establishes
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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 . |
demographic profiles , provides exploratory analysis of datasets and delivers information via a rich and interactive visual environment . In just seconds , Hikari gives us an instant and complete picture , something which used to take hours . To access and order this information has completely revolutionised the clinical decisionmaking process .
‘ The ability to separate patients into categories depending on the type of diagnosis or more general psychiatric risks allows us to attribute mental health and general pathologies to these categories and risks . This is essential for allowing doctors to understand all the health risks associated with a patient and prescribe the most appropriate treatment ,’ adds Dr . Seara . ‘ In the testing phase , we saw positive results of over 85 per cent in identifying the risk of suicide and alcohol or drug abuse .
‘ Establishing predictive analysis models for the next step will allow us to let patients and the public play a much more active role in their own health . An informed patient must be able to make decisions on what they want to do with their life . Medical practitioners will act as consultants who provide patients
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with advice , but it ’ s their life . Taking advantage of the potential of artificial intelligence is a fundamental part of ensuring the development of public healthcare beyond managing illness , moving towards a participative , predictive , preventive , personalised and population model of health .’
Open innovation and cocreation represent essential elements in Fujitsu ’ s objective of applying creative information analytics to create a truly integrated healthcare solution , as Dr Adel Rouz , executive vice president of Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe concludes , ‘ Our collaboration with San Carlos Clinical Hospital has greatly accelerated the whole innovation process , enabling us to achieve tangible results for this important application . The fusion of clinical and non-clinical data was essential to this process – we used over 36,000 anonymised patient records , applying a combination of our state-of-the-art anonymisation , data analytics and semantic modelling technologies , tailored to meet the specific needs of the local Spanish healthcare sector . Above all , the project is succeeding in creating new ways to support the clinical decision making process , giving doctors more time to focus on their patients .’
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