Research within INDICATE: Pioneering Data-Driven Intensive Care

The INDICATE project represents a significant step forward in transforming intensive care through innovative data-driven research. Our focus is on developing a secure and ethically responsible federated infrastructure for standardized Intensive Care data across Europe. This infrastructure will support groundbreaking applications, such as personalized medicine, AI-driven clinical decision-making, and cross-border data comparison.
Through multiple real-life use cases, we will test and refine the INDICATE infrastructure to ensure its effectiveness and value in practical intensive care settings. These use cases include the development of a “virtual digital twin”—a digital replica of a patient—and tools like dashboards to compare the quality of care across different ICUs.
As part of INDICATE, our research will produce high-impact scientific insights aimed at improving patient outcomes and strengthening the resilience of European healthcare systems. All scientific publications resulting from this project and deliverables are available on our Publications page, ensuring transparency and accessibility for the wider research community.
INDICATE Deliverables

Deliverable 1.1
Authors
Lisanne van Prooyen Schuurman (Erasmus MC), Jan van den Brand (Erasmus MC), Michel van Genderen (Erasmus MC) and Christian Jung (University Hospital Düsseldorf)

Deliverable 2.1
Author
Boris Delange (Université de Rennes)
Contributors
Celia Alvarez-Romero (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), Jan van den Brand (Erasmus MC)

Deliverable 3.1
Author
Jan van den Brand (Erasmus MC)
Contributors
Natalja Zilinski (University Hospital Düsseldorf), Celia Alvarez-Romero (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), Christine Riou (CHU Rennes), Viola Woeckel (Erasmus MC)

Deliverable 3.2
Authors
Jan van den Brand (Erasmus MC), Aliza Bos
(Erasmus MC), Julia Palma (CeaDAR), Mark
Driessen (KPMG), Anouk Kruiswijk (KPMG), Sarah
de Maaker (KPMG)

Deliverable 4.1 & 6.1 | Milestone 4, 5 and 10
Authors
KPMG: Urszula Glesner, Michal Klunduk, Bartlomiej Siusta, Michal Walanus
ERASMUS MC: Jan van den Brand, Bas Volkers,
Lisanne van Prooyen Schuurman, Michel van
Genderen, Arie de Haan
SAS: Carlos Luis Parra-Calderón, Celia Alvarez Romero
UGENT: Mathias Syx, Bert Cappelle
UDUS: Christian Jung
CRADEQ: Maarten Ligtenberg
PHILOGIRL: Maaike van Zuilen

Deliverable 4.2
Authors
Urszula Glesner (KPMG), Rachit Gupta (KPMG)
Contributors
Urszula Glesner (KPMG), Rachit Gupta (KPMG), Giovanni Vierling (KPMG)

Deliverable 5.1
Authors
Maaike van Zuilen (Philogirl), Lisanne van Prooyen Schuurman (Erasmus MC)
Contributors
Maria Theodorakopoulou (HSICM), Maarten Ligtenberg (Cradeq), Yolanda Sánchez (EIT Health)

Deliverable 5.2
Author
Maarten Ligtenberg (Cradeq B.V.)
Contributors
All members of the INDICATE Training and
Education Workgroup

Deliverable 6.3
Authors
Gregor Lichtner (UMG), Jan Moringen (UMG), Sebastian Gibb (UMG), Falk von Dincklage (UMG)
Contributors
Elias Grünewald (Charité), René Schmiedler (Charité), Maurice Walny (Charité), Felix Balzer (Charité)

Deliverable 6.5
Author
Jan van den Brand (Erasmus MC)
Contributors
Natalja Zilinski (University Hospital Düsseldorf), Celia Alvarez-Romero (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), Christine Riou (CHU Rennes), Viola Woeckel (Erasmus MC)
Publications

Towards the Common Data Model for an Intensive Medicine Data Space in Europe
Authors
Carlos Luis Parra-Calderón, Celia Alvarez-Romero, María González-López, Silvia Rodríguez-Mejías, Kirsten Colpaert, Felix Balzer, Boris Delange, Marc Cuggia, Denis Delamarre, Christel Daniel, Maxim Moinat, Jan van den Brand, Michel E. van Genderen, Lucas Fleuren, Christian Jung.