Patients in focus: International Forum for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

On 6 July 2020, around 100 medical technology experts from Germany, Ireland and Switzerland came together at the invitation of the BioLAGO e.V. health network and Medical Mountains GmbH, to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) can be utilized to further improve the performance and safety of medical products.

In order to guarantee performance and safety, medical devices have to pass numerous tests before being released on the market. With the new European Medical Device Regulation (EU-MDR), manufacturers are required to document not only the safety and efficacy of their medical products but also their clinical performance. In order to do so, additional clinical data has to be collected continuously. This poses an enormous challenge to many companies as the procurement, analysis and evaluation of the required clinical data is extremely costly. The low interoperability of existing IT systems further complicates the process.

To ensure the continued availability of vital medical products, the project “KIKS – Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Studies” was launched at the beginning of the year. KIKS is part of the innovation competition “Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a driver for economically-relevant ecosystems” and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).

With over 40 funded and associated partners, who are managed by BioRegio STERN Management GmbH, the project is developing innovative solutions that utilize AI to collect and store clinical data in a fast, structured, secure and compliant manner. “The project will develop a digital ecosystem with the name AIQNET that integrates the analysis of treatment processes utilizing AI into everyday clinical practice,” explained Frank Trautwein, Managing Director of RAYLYTIC GmbH and consortium leader of the project.

AIQNET – The basis for success in international markets

In order to further expand the AIQNET ecosystem, which will be made available to medical professionals worldwide by 2023, medical technology experts were invited to take part in the international forum “AI for Medical Technology: Mastering the EU-MDR – Increasing Competitiveness”.

“During the event, we were able to present the goals and advantages of the project to a broad audience. We look forward to welcoming further partners from around the world, who will use AIQNET for their companies’ further development and the benefit of patients everywhere,” Frank Trautwein continued.

While the event highlighted the hurdles that have to be overcome owing to the new EU-MDR, it also demonstrated how a modern ecosystem can be utilized to ensure patient safety and the continued success of medical device manufacturers.

According to Dr. Ina Wüstefeld, Director Medical Scientific Affairs at Aesculap AG, a founding partner in the KIKS project, and one of the presenters at the event: “The digital transformation does not stop at medical technology and it improves diagnosis and treatment. With AIQNET, clinical, paraclinical and radiographic data will be analyzed fully automatically utilizing AI. This will increase the performance and safety of modern medical technology and thus directly benefit the patient.”

Owing to the fact that AIQNET is being developed with the needs of all stakeholders – healthcare providers, the medical device and pharmaceutical industry, research institutions and patients – in mind, not only manufacturers of medical technology but also healthcare professionals will be able to benefit considerably, making the project truly unique. Going forward, new strategies and business models will be developed to further advance the digitalization of the healthcare system.

Über AIQNET

AIQNET is a digital ecosystem that enables the use of medical data across sectors and in compliance with data protection regulations. The entire project is coordinated by BioRegio STERN Management GmbH, Stuttgart. Initiator and consortium leader is RAYLYTIC GmbH, based in Leipzig.
The consortium of 16 established medical technology and healthcare companies won the German government’s Al petition in 2019 under the project acronym "KIKS". The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Since January 2020, the project partners have been developing the technical infrastructure and its applications. The focus is on structuring data using artificial intelligence and creating a legally secure framework. In the future, for example, the performance and safety of medical devices can be measured objectively and largely automatically. Administrative tasks of healthcare, e.g. documentation, can be handled by relevant applications. A special feature of the project is the close cooperation between industry, research and healthcare.

By providing access to technical and scientific data with great depth, the ecosystem offers future partners the opportunity to develop their own health applications at low cost and to benefit from the legally secure, validated framework of AIQNET.

Firmenkontakt und Herausgeber der Meldung:

AIQNET
Petersstr. 32-34
04109 Leipzig
Telefon: +49 711 870354 23
http://www.aiqnet.eu

Ansprechpartner:
Eva Botzenhart-Eggstein
PR (international)
Telefon: +49 7531 9215 253
E-Mail: eva.botzenhart@biolago.org
Für die oben stehende Pressemitteilung ist allein der jeweils angegebene Herausgeber (siehe Firmenkontakt oben) verantwortlich. Dieser ist in der Regel auch Urheber des Pressetextes, sowie der angehängten Bild-, Ton-, Video-, Medien- und Informationsmaterialien. Die United News Network GmbH übernimmt keine Haftung für die Korrektheit oder Vollständigkeit der dargestellten Meldung. Auch bei Übertragungsfehlern oder anderen Störungen haftet sie nur im Fall von Vorsatz oder grober Fahrlässigkeit. Die Nutzung von hier archivierten Informationen zur Eigeninformation und redaktionellen Weiterverarbeitung ist in der Regel kostenfrei. Bitte klären Sie vor einer Weiterverwendung urheberrechtliche Fragen mit dem angegebenen Herausgeber. Eine systematische Speicherung dieser Daten sowie die Verwendung auch von Teilen dieses Datenbankwerks sind nur mit schriftlicher Genehmigung durch die United News Network GmbH gestattet.

counterpixel