Health Information Systems

Research Lead

General aim

The aim of research and development in the area of ​​health information systems at PLRI is to develop sustainable and stable information system architectures and information management methods in order to contribute to the quality and efficiency of health care. We conduct research in the area of ​​semantic interoperability in close collaboration with the Medical Data Integration Center of the MHH in order to make medical care data usable sustainably according to FAIR criteria. With the aim of individualized medicine, we develop, implement and evaluate clinical decision support systems using artificial intelligence methods.

Focus of research

The foci of the research are on transinstitutional information systems for cooperative health care and research as well as on clinical decision support systems for individualized prevention, diagnostics and therapy. We research methods of semantic integration of heterogeneous health data with international standards such as openEHR, HL7 FHIR and OMOP, their use in research and care contexts and transactional platforms. In the area of ​​clinical decision support, we develop algorithms, models and systems for diagnosis and therapy planning. The implementation and evaluation takes place with particular consideration of explainability, data protection, data security and ethical aspects. Another research focus is the combination of interactive visualization and automated data analysis (visual analytics) to answer medical questions based on very complex data.