The partnership aims to integrate and process live healthcare data from a wide range of sources to improve patient care.
Philips and Mass General Brigham — Massachusetts’ largest private employer and an important piece of the state’s medtech hub — want to stream accurate, reliable and detailed data from medical devices and other sources. This could create a scalable, unified, near-real-time data and insights ecosystem.
Powered by Philips software platforms, the collaboration could enable clinicians to capture, analyze and react to data as it becomes available. This could improve the effectiveness and efficiency of patient care.
“This exciting collaboration marks a key step forward in healthcare innovation, harnessing the full potential of AI and medical device data to advance patient safety, operational efficiency, clinician ergonomics, while opening new discovery possibilities,” said Dr. Tom McCoy, medical director of biomedical engineering at Massachusetts General Hospital. “By mobilizing previously siloed medical device data into an integrated high speed, high resiliency, real-time data fabric we will be able to deliver the transformative potential of software to the patients who need it most.”
More about the collaboration between Philips and MGB
The collaboration aims to leverage a combination of Philips technologies to unify active data streaming from medical devices at the bedside. These include ventilators and monitors. Alongside longitudinal data like lab results and EMR data, it could create a comprehensive and actionable data environment.
Philips’ Capsule Medical Device Information Platform brings together data from different devices. It allows its Clinical Insights Manager to facilitate retrospective analysis and testing. Philips Capsule Surveillance can leverage continuous algorithmic processing to deliver smart alerts into live clinical practice.
MGB plans to bring together expertise from its biomedical engineering team, clinical sub-specialists, digital teams and internal AI business unit. Combined with Philips’ research and business team, they seek to deliver actionable insights at critical moments to support patient care.
Initially, a research program within the collaboration focuses on patients undergoing continuous, real-time heart monitoring. This research aims to improve the early detection of cardiac events and other critical health issues. It could potentially save lives and expedite treatment.
“This collaboration between Philips and Mass General Brigham represents a significant step forward in the integration of advanced data analytics into clinical practice,” said Betsabeh Madani Hermann, global head of research at Philips. “By developing predictive data analytics and AI algorithms, key tools for enhancing patient care, we’re empowering clinicians and supporting better care for more people.”
