HEALTHGRID.ORG The European The European HealthGrid HealthGrid Initiative Initiative e-Health and the Grid: Projects e-Health and the Grid: Projects and Prospects in the European and Prospects in the European Union Union NEC 2005 40 years Tony Solomonides on Tony Solomonides on behalf of behalf of The HealthGrid The HealthGrid Association Association
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HEALTHGRID.ORG
The EuropeanThe EuropeanHealthGrid InitiativeHealthGrid Initiativee-Health and the Grid: Projects and e-Health and the Grid: Projects and
Prospects in the European UnionProspects in the European Union
NEC 2005 40 years
Tony Solomonides on behalf Tony Solomonides on behalf of of
The HealthGrid AssociationThe HealthGrid Association
HEALTHGRID.ORG Issues and ProjectsIssues and Projects
What is a ‘healthgrid’?What is a ‘healthgrid’? combines Grid and e-Science ideascombines Grid and e-Science ideas oriented to biomedical advancesoriented to biomedical advances supports evidence-based practicesupports evidence-based practice
What projects?What projects? imaging for diagnosis and treatmentimaging for diagnosis and treatment simulation for treatment guidancesimulation for treatment guidance bioinformatics for biomedicinebioinformatics for biomedicine legal, ethical, security and trust issueslegal, ethical, security and trust issues
EU project to prototype a EU project to prototype a pan-European pan-European distributed databasedistributed database of mammographic of mammographic imagesimages using using GridGrid Technologies. Technologies.
AimAim:: To provide a To provide a demonstratordemonstrator for use for use in epidemiological studies, quality control in epidemiological studies, quality control and validation of computer aided detection and validation of computer aided detection algorithms.algorithms.
HEALTHGRID.ORG Grids and Imaging 2Grids and Imaging 2
Service Oriented ArchitectureService Oriented Architecture grid services can deal with heterogeneitygrid services can deal with heterogeneity
grid services can be used to plan workflowgrid services can be used to plan workflow
examples include annotation, detection, examples include annotation, detection, analysis, registration, aggregation and analysis, registration, aggregation and visualization servicesvisualization services
Optimistically …Optimistically … legal, ethical, social and trust negotiations legal, ethical, social and trust negotiations
may be implemented through servicesmay be implemented through services
Correspondence and Correspondence and convergenceconvergence medicine and genomicsmedicine and genomics ‘‘molecular medicine’molecular medicine’ ‘‘individualized healthcare’individualized healthcare’
Integration of clinical and genetic info Integration of clinical and genetic info from heterogeneous remote databasesfrom heterogeneous remote databases
A vocabulary server that aims to combine A vocabulary server that aims to combine existing terminology systems in Medicine existing terminology systems in Medicine and Geneticsand Genetics
Novel framework for clinicians to locate, Novel framework for clinicians to locate, search, access, retrieve and use genomic search, access, retrieve and use genomic information in patient careinformation in patient care
‘‘LEST’ IssuesLEST’ Issues use of data in care and in researchuse of data in care and in research data provenancedata provenance privacy / confidentialityprivacy / confidentiality securitysecurity national / EU legal frameworknational / EU legal framework … … extending the concept of a ‘virtual extending the concept of a ‘virtual
organization’organization’ & building negotiation into the & building negotiation into the
A Grid Infrastructure for Health Applications A Grid Infrastructure for Health Applications
Technology attitudeTechnology attitude To build on what already existsTo build on what already exists To build only what is necessaryTo build only what is necessary
Healthgrid Healthgrid ComponentsComponents
Healthgrid Healthgrid ApplicationsApplications Clinical DataClinical Data
Distributed databases, Distributed databases, streaming, near-line storage, streaming, near-line storage, large objects, access large objects, access mechanisms, data staging …mechanisms, data staging …
Metadata, middleware, Metadata, middleware, intelligent retrieval, intelligent retrieval, information modelling, information modelling, warehousing, workflow …warehousing, workflow …
Data mining, visualisation, Data mining, visualisation, simulation, problem solving simulation, problem solving methods/environments …methods/environments …
A Grid Infrastructure for A Grid Infrastructure for Health ApplicationsHealth Applications
To address the problems of To address the problems of integration of multi-level medical data, andintegration of multi-level medical data, andthe exploitation of its intrinsic knowledgethe exploitation of its intrinsic knowledge
through a health-specific grid Infrastructure and a set of grid through a health-specific grid Infrastructure and a set of grid applications for health.applications for health.
To integrateTo integrategrid infrastructures, grid infrastructures, health-related grid components, andhealth-related grid components, andpilot applications pilot applications
to provide a workbench for medical and clinical support.to provide a workbench for medical and clinical support.
To develop components to linkTo develop components to linkthe available expertise,the available expertise,data, anddata, andresources.resources.
to demonstrate the benefits through pilots in epidemiology to demonstrate the benefits through pilots in epidemiology and personalised healthcare.and personalised healthcare.
At the patient levelAt the patient levelPersonalised healthcare, e.g. through simulation in Personalised healthcare, e.g. through simulation in therapy.therapy.Improvement in the effectiveness of health policies Improvement in the effectiveness of health policies through epidemiological studies.through epidemiological studies.
At the medical professional levelAt the medical professional levelDevelopment of federated databases and collaborative Development of federated databases and collaborative communities.communities.Development of services to support diagnosis and Development of services to support diagnosis and therapy in day-to-day work.therapy in day-to-day work.
At the IT LevelAt the IT LevelA workbench for the development of tools and services A workbench for the development of tools and services towards specific features of healthcare IT.towards specific features of healthcare IT.