The HiGHmed Project
and the establishment of the MeDIC
As part of the ”HiGHmed” funding project, a medical data integration center (MeDIC) is established at Hannover Medical School (MHH) in cooperation with several other university hospitals, the German Cancer Research Center and other partners in healthcare, science and industry.
Aims
Primary aim of the MeDIC is the structured integration of different data sources (medical reports, x-rays, laboratory results, genomic data) within Hannover Medical School to improve patient care and research. Various institutes and departments of the MHH are cooperating to reach this goal.
The strategic aim of HiGHmed is to establish an infrastructure for the cross-institutional exchange of medical data in the coming years to improve patient care and research opportunities in cooperation with the partners of the HiGHmed project. To achieve this goal, data must be interoperable in the participating institutions. The conditions and necessary measures for interoperability and interchangeability of the data are therefore coordinated across the institutions (common information management).
To foster patient participation from the beginning, another aim is to establish an innovative patient portal so that patients can access their own data on the course of treatment as well as further information about their disease.
Of course, data protection, data security as well as data privacy (informational self-determination) of the patients are of highest importance.
The cross-institutional exchange of medical data is expected to improve patient care within three exemplary use cases:
Research
Research also benefits directly from the possibilities of exchanging data across institutions. On the one hand, information about similar cases can contribute to successful treatment. On the other hand, it will be possible to obtain a reliable number of cases for very rare diseases for statistical analyses and to gain new insights into the causes and course of diseases.
Cooperating institutes and departments
at the MHH
- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School (PLRI)
- Center for Information Management (ZIMt)
- Department of Cardiology and Angiology
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology
- Institute for Diagnostic and Diagnostic Interventional Radiology
- Institute of Human Genetics
- Institute for Radiation Therapy and Special Oncology
- Center for Clinical Trials
- and others.
Publications, Events and Talks
- Gietzelt M, Marschollek M, Gerbel S. Data integration centers for medicine: Bettern patient care through Big Data. Technologie-Informationen 3/2018: page 12.
- Strauch N. Medical informatic initiative HiGHmed - a new chance for women? MHH WG Equal Opportunities, 31.05.2018, Hannover, Germany.
- Gietzelt M. HiGHmed - Data Integration in Medicine. 12min.Med Life Science Talks & Networking #6, 15.11.2018, Hannover, Germany.
- Gietzelt M, Haarbrandt B, Marschollek M, Tute E, Wulff A. [HiGHmed - Research and Care: Data integration in medicine. 2. Lower Saxony Digital Health Summit, 28.11.2018, Hannover, Germany.
- Haarbrandt B. openEHR in the clinical environment. Dialogue on Hospital-IT and Medical Technology, 09.01.2019, Duisburg, Germany.
- Behrends M, Hoffmann I. The project HiGHmed: The benefits for teaching. MHH Tag der Lehre, March 21, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Ballout S, Rehberg A. The role of the data stewards in HiGHmed. Colloquium at the Hochschule Hannover - University of Applied Sciences and Arts, May 14, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Marschollek M. The digital patient - What's that supposed to mean? Patient University, 28.05.2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Gietzelt M. HiGHmed - Research and care: Data integration in medicine. Patient University, 28.05.2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Haarbrandt B, Schreiweis B, Rey S, et al. HiGHmed - An Open Platform Approach to Enhance Care and Research across Institutional Boundaries. Methods Inf Med. 2018;57 (S 01) e66-e81.
- Wulff A, Haarbrandt B, Marschollek M. Clinical Knowledge Governance Framework for Nationwide Data Infrastructure Projects. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018;248:196-203.
- Gietzelt M, Marschollek M, Gerbel S. Data integration centers for medicine: A better patient care through Big Data. Technologie-Informationen 3/2018: page 12.
- Tute E, Wulff A, Marschollek M, Gietzelt M. Clinical Information Model Based Data Quality Checks: Theory and Example. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019;258:80-84.
- Wulff A, Sommer KK, Ballout S, HiGHmed Consortium, Haarbrandt B, Gietzelt M. A Report on Archetype Modelling in a Nationwide Data Infrastructure Project. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019;258:146-150.
- Sargeant A, von Landesberger T, Baier C, et al. Early Detection of Infection Chains & Outbreaks: Use Case Infection Control. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019;258:245-246.
- Fiebeck J, Gietzelt M, Ballout S, et al. Implementing LOINC: Current Status and Ongoing Work at the Hannover Medical School. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019;258:247-248.
- Gietzelt M, Behrends M. Assistierende Gesundheitstechnologien, Ambient Assisted Living und die Rolle des Social Entrepreneurship. GMDS. 2019.
- Fiebeck J, Gietzelt M, Ballout S, Christmann M, Fradziak M, Laser H, Ruppel J, Schönfeld N, Teppner S, Gerbel S. Implementing LOINC – Current Status and Ongoing Work at a Medical University. GMDS. 2019.
- Tute E, Marschollek M. Technical architecture of a tool for interoperable data characterization. GMDS. 2019.
- Pape L, Schneider N, Schleef T, et al. The nephrology eHealth-System of the metropolitan region of Hannover for digitalization of care, establishment of decision support systems and analysis of health care quality. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2019.
- Ballout S, Biermann P, Gietzelt M, Haarbrandt B, Wulff A, Marschollek M, Infection Control study group . Die offene IT-Plattform für die datengetriebene Medizin mit openEHR. DGHM/RKI Symposium: 5. Workshop Antibiotikaresistenz . 2019.
- Wullf A, Ballout S, Marschollek M, Scheithauer S, HiGHmed infection control study group . A Report on Data Modelling for Infection Control in HiGHmed. Digital ID 2020 Basel. 2019.
- Gietzelt M. The project HiGHmed - Overview and intermediate result. MHH WG Data Science, April 20, 2018, Hannover, Germany.
- Wulff A, Haarbrandt B, Marschollek M. Clinical Knowledge Governance Framework for Nationwide Data Infrastructure Projects. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018;248:196-203. PMID:29726437.
- Strauch N. Medical informatic initiative HiGHmed - a new chance for women?. MHH WG Equal Opportunities, May 31, 2018, Hannover, Germany.
- Haarbrandt B. HiGHmed - An open platform approach to enable data sharing. 2nd HiGHmed Symposium - openEHR: Open Data Platforms in Medical Informatics, June 18, 2018, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Marco-Ruiz L. The LHS-Toolbox: Secondary Use of Primary Care Data in Norway. 2nd HiGHmed Symposium - openEHR: Open Data Platforms in Medical Informatics, June 18, 2018, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Haarbrandt B. Open Platform Architectures: A Prerequisite to Enable Efficient Reuse of EHR data. GMDS (JGEHRS), September 03, 2018, Osnabrück, Germany.
- Marschollek M. Keeping Infections in Check: HiGHmed's Contribution to a Nationwide Infection Control. GMDS, September 04, 2018, Osnabrück, Germany.
- Haarbrandt B. HiGHmed - An Open Platform Approach to Enhance Care and Research Across Institutional Boundaries. Oslo åpen plattform-dag, September 13, 2018, Oslo, Norway.
- Gietzelt M. HiGHmed IT-Solution Smart Infection Control System (SmICS). MeDIC-Kickoff, October 12, 2018, Berlin, Germany.
- Gietzelt M. HiGHmed - Data Integration in Medicine. 12min.Med Life Science Talks & Networking #6, November 15, 2018, Hannover, Germany.
- Ballout S. openEHR - the "Open Platform" Revolution. SWAT4HCLS Conference, December 04, 2018, Antwerp, Belgium.
- Ballout S. Healthcare Interoperability Panel Discussion. SWAT4HCLS Conference, December 05, 2018, Antwerp, Belgium.
- Baier C, Wulff A. HiGHmed - Medical informatics for infection control. Infection Control Symposium: Technologies - Trends - Regulations, December 05, 2018, Hannover, Germany.
- Wulff A. Grundlagen der Medizinischen Informatik II - Interoperabilität und Standards: openEHR -. Gastvortrag Hochschule Hannover, Jan 09, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Haarbrandt B. openEHR in the clinical environment. Dialogue on Hospital-IT and Medical Technology, January 09, 2019, Duisburg, Germany.
- Gietzelt M. HiGHmed - Data integration in medicine. eHealth.Niedersachsen Conference, January 16, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Gerbel S, Fiebeck J, Strauch N. Role models and female pionieers in informatics. MHH AG Data Science, March 08, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Haarbrandt B. An Open Platform Approach to Enhance Care and Research Across Institutional Boundaries. Health Interoperability Symposium, March 14, 2019, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
- Behrends M, Hoffmann I. The project HiGHmed: The benefits for teaching. MHH Tag der Lehre, March 21, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Fiebeck J. Implementing LOINC: Current Status and Ongoing Work at the Hannover Medical School. EFMI STC, Apr 08, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Tute E. Clinical Information Model Based Data Quality Checks: Theory and Example. EFMI STC, Apr 08, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Wulff A. A Report on Archetype Modelling in a Nationwide Data Infrastructure Project. EFMI STC, Apr 09, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Haarbrandt B. Results of the consortia of the Medical Informatice Inititative: HiGHmed - Experiences from the MeDIC of Hannover Medical School. DMEA, Apr 09, 2019, Berlin, Germany.
- Ballout S, Rehberg A. The role of the data stewards in HiGHmed. Colloquium at the Hochschule Hannover - University of Applied Sciences and Arts, May 14, 2019, Hannover , Germany.
- Wulff A. HiGHmed: Medical informatics for optimized infection control. Petersburger Dialog: Antimicrobial Resistance, May 17, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Marschollek M. Entwicklung eines medizinischen Datenintegrationszentrums an der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover im Rahmen von HiGHmed. Forschungssymposium Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC), Mai 24, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Marschollek M. The digital patient - What's that supposed to mean? Patient University, May 28, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Bavendiek U. Use Case Cardiology “Herzinsuffizienz” – who is at risk?. HiGHmed Jahreshauptversammlung: Herzinsuffizienz – new tools in “MI” box?, Jun 04, 2019, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Kindermann A, Sommer KK. OpenEHR/Modelling im Kontext Herzinsuffizienz. HiGHmed Jahreshauptversammlung: Herzinsuffizienz – new tools in “MI” box?, Jun 04, 2019, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Gietzelt M. Sensor-gestützte Messung von Aktivität: Beispiele aus der Praxis. HiGHmed Jahreshauptversammlung: Herzinsuffizienz – new tools in “MI” box?, Jun 04, 2019, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Wulff A. HiGHmed - an Open Platform Approach to Enhance Care and Research Across Institutional Boundaries. Italian openEHR Day, Jun 06, 2019, Pula, Italien, Germany.
- Gietzelt M. HiGHmed - Innovatives Konzept für standortübergreifendes Tumorboard. Molekulare und Immuntherapie von GI-Tumoren, Sep 04, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Biermann P. Virtual Data Space - XenDesktop zur Datenbereitstellung und Software-Entwicklung. Citrix Healthcare Day 2019, Sep 18, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Wulff A, Wolff D. Dr. med. K. Intelligenz: Was kann ich für Sie tun?. Herrenhausen Late, Okt 23, 2019, Hannover, Germany.
- Wulff A. HiGHmed - Das Smarte Infection Control System (SmICS). DGHM/RKI Symposium: 5. Workshop Antibiotikaresistenz , Nov 14, 2019, Berlin, Germany.
- Kaase M, Gietzelt M, Eckmanns T. (HiGHmed SmICS) Ausblick - wie geht es weiter?. DGHM/RKI Symposium: 5. Workshop Antibiotikaresistenz , Nov 14, 2019, Berlin, Germany.
- Scheithauer S, Marschollek M. Die Herausforderung aus klinischer und technischer Sicht: Ausbruchsfrüherkennung. DGHM/RKI Symposium: 5. Workshop Antibiotikaresistenz , Nov 14, 2019, Berlin, Germany.
- Ballout S, Biermann P, Gietzelt M, Haarbrandt B, Wulff A, Marschollek M, Infection Control study group . Die offene IT-Plattform für die datengetriebene Medizin mit openEHR. DGHM/RKI Symposium: 5. Workshop Antibiotikaresistenz , Nov 14, 2019, Berlin, Germany.
Links
HiGHmed Medical Informatics Initiative Digitization of Medicine - HiGHmed Podcast HiGHmeducation
Contact
Dr. Matthias Gietzelt
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics
of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School
- Visitor's address:
room: M02-00-0139
Et-Cetera-building
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 3
- Postal address:
Hannover Medical School
PLRI – OE 8420
Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1
30625 Hannover
Germany
- Contact:
Tel.: +49 511 532-1501
Fax: +49 511 532-19335
E-Mail: Gietzelt.Matthias@mh-hannover.de