Kick-off Meeting INDICATE Project – January 27-28, 2025

January 27 – 28, 2025
On January 27 and 28, 2025, the official kick-off meeting of the INDICATE project took place at Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío in Seville. This event brought together experts and project partners to discuss the objectives and plans for the project.

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INDICATE – How data and AI models can improve intensive care medicine

An interview with Patrick Rockenschaub, Postdoctoral researcher at the Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, held by Sabine Kálóczi.

Since the beginning of December 2024, INDICATE has been a consortium working at European level to make data from intensive care units available and usable. In line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the aim is to create new AI models that will improve the care of patients in intensive care in the future.

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What am I up to during INDICATE?
The roles and responsibilities of the INDICATE Technical Lead involve the technical aspects of the INDICATE project, which aims to establish a secure and widely accessible infrastructure for standardized ICU data from various European countries. This includes:

• Technical Oversight: Ensuring the design and development of the federated data infrastructure according to the Well Architected Framework, which emphasizes resilience, availability, security, and sustainability.
• Data Protection: Implementing a zero-trust approach to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and systems.
• Strategic Planning: Establishing the ELSI framework for data access, data protection, and ethical application of AI.

To that end I am working closely with various work package leads and partners to ensure the successful integration and implementation of the infrastructure.

Get in contact!
e: a.vandenbrand@erasmusmc.nl

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I am Professor for Anaesthesia and Anaesthesiological Intensive Care Medicine and the Chair of the Clinical Division of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna.

What am I up to during INDICATE?
Providing data, collaborating regarding science, and clinical benchmarking. Think about the future and how the project might improve clinical care and critical care research.

Get in contact!
e: stefan.schaller@meduniwien.ac.at

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We are keen to post a bio of everyone involved in this project on the website and in the newsletter as well! 

Please share:

• Who am I?
• What do I do?
• What am I up to during INDICATE? Connected to which WP? Which cases do I work on?
• What do you expect to accomplish within INDICATE?

Please share your bio and picture with: maaike@indicate-europe.eu

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Date: March 4, 2025 – March 5, 2025
Location: Brussels

Interesting event for Indicate partners!
EIT Health 2-day event in Brussels 04-05 March on the access/share/use of data.

Driving Innovation in Health Data and Digital Health
Two Days, Two Perspectives: Empowering Healthcare Providers and Start-ups 
to Shape the Future of Digital Health and Innovation.

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Date: March 25, 2025 – March 26, 2025
Location: Luxembourg City

The European Health Data Space – the first common thematic EU data space to be implemented – is a major game changer for delivering healthcare across European borders and enabling breakthrough research and innovation. The third edition of the European Digital HealthTech Conference will explore how this influences the development, innovation, use and adoption of digital health solutions.

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The INDICATE Data Provider Support Workgroup has been established. The responsibilities and tasks include:

• Provide technical and legal support to Data Providers (hospitals making their data available through the INDICATE infrastructure) in setting up the ETL process and establishing data quality assurance and data quality control policies. 
• Monitor data quality and GDPR compliance after the initial onboarding of Data Providers, in close collaboration with the ELSI experts in WP3.
• Develop and implement a structured monitoring plan to continuously monitor relevant KPIs for INDICATE, including the progress of Data Providers onboarding and the volume of data made available through the INDICATE infrastructure.
• Implement data audit procedures based on those developed in IMI EHDEN and outlined in the OHDSI handbook.

Read more about the workgroup and composition.

An interview with Patrick Rockenschaub, Postdoctoral researcher at the Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, held by Sabine Kálóczi.

Since the beginning of December 2024, INDICATE has been a consortium working at European level to make data from intensive care units available and usable. In line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the aim is to create new AI models that will improve the care of patients in intensive care in the future.

Read the whole interview here (in German).

Copyright Image: Medical University of Innsbruck/D. Bullock

Interesting event for Indicate partners!

EIT Health 2-day event in Brussels 04-05 March on the access/share/use of data.

Driving Innovation in Health Data and Digital Health

Two Days, Two Perspectives: Empowering Healthcare Providers and Start-ups 
to Shape the Future of Digital Health and Innovation.

Read more or register for the 2-day event here.

Date: March 25, 2025 – March 26, 2025
Location: Luxembourg City

The European Health Data Space – the first common thematic EU data space to be implemented – is a major game changer for delivering healthcare across European borders and enabling breakthrough research and innovation. The third edition of the European Digital HealthTech Conference will explore how this influences the development, innovation, use and adoption of digital health solutions.

Read more about the conference.

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville

On January 27 and 28, 2025, the official kick-off meeting of the INDICATE project took place at Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío in Seville. This event brought together experts and project partners from 20 hospitals and 36 organizations in total to discuss the objectives and plans for the project.

The two-day meeting started on Monday 27 January with a welcome speech from the project coordinators, Prof. Dr. Christian Jung and Dr. Michel van Genderen. They provided an overview of the project’s goals and its current status. Next, the Dean of the Servicio Andaluz de Salud presented insights on the role of Artificial Intelligence in Seville.

In the afternoon, an EU project officer gave a presentation on the European perspective, discussing funding opportunities and collaboration agreements between the consortium and the European Commission. After a short break, Maxim Moinat (Erasmus MC) introduced the OMOP Common Data Model, followed by Jan van den Brand (Erasmus MC), who gave a presentation on data architecture.

The day concluded with presentations from the first work packages, a summary of the discussions, and preparations for Day 2. Attendees also had the opportunity to tour the hospital. In the evening, participants enjoyed a guided city tour and an informal dinner at restaurant Rio Grande.

Highlights from Day 1 include:

• Opening remarks by Christian Jung and Michel van Genderen, our project coordinators
• Inspiring welcome by the Dean of the Servicio Andaluz de Salud – Dr. Cristina Suárez Mejías – Strategic Cabinet – Responsible for the Andalusian Health Service, on behalf of Mr. Ismael Vargas Pina – General Director for Information Systems and Communications
• Followed by insightful presentations by the ICU department head Rosario Amaya Villar followed by EU officer Alina Lupu who nicely explained the importance of the Indicate project and the potential of Virtual Human Twins in Europe
• Maxim Moinat (Erasmus MC OMOP Common Data Model expert) shared his data standardization insights
• And the European data space architecture was explained by Jan van den Brand –  underscored by his quote: “People should have control over their health data” and “Data must be protected while enabling lawful access.”

The second day Tuesday, January 28, 2025, began with a short introduction by the project coordinators, followed by presentations on various work packages, covering topics such as governance and business models, technical infrastructure, and dissemination, exploitation, and communication.

After a coffee break, clinical demonstrations were discussed, including use cases such as MIMIC-EU, early detection of organ failure, and prediction of neonatal and pediatric sepsis.

The meeting provided a valuable opportunity for partners to exchange knowledge, discuss plans, and establish a strong foundation for successful collaboration within the INDICATE project.

Read the full programme here.