ANDOVER, Mass., Jan. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal
Philips (NYSE: PHG AEX: PHIA) today announced a new initiative
with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to allow health care researchers to tap into
one of the largest data sources available for research into
critical care. Philips will be granting access to data from more
than 100,000 patients that have been collected and anonymized
through the Philips Hospital to Home eICU telehealth program. The
Laboratory of Computational Physiology within the MIT Institute for
Medical Engineering and Science will serve as the academic research
hub for the initiative, and will provide and maintain access, as
well as help educate researchers on the database and offer a
platform for collaboration.
Most inpatient multi-center data sets available to researchers
today are limited to insurance claims data, which offers just a
summary of a patient's stay. Through this new initiative, Philips
will release a more comprehensive look at the ICU patient's journey
by opening up data sets from patient stays in eICU centers
representing approximately 10% of all adult ICU beds in
the United States. The secure
database will include anonymized and detailed clinical data such as
vital signs, pharmacy medication orders, laboratory results,
diagnoses and severity of illness scores, giving researchers
comprehensive insights into a patient stay.
"Researchers are always looking for better, more accurate and
comprehensive data that enables a holistic representation of the
patient experience," said Leo Anthony
Celi of MIT. "The quality and
resolution of the data Philips has been collecting in the critical
care domain is unprecedented. This kind of access will provide
researchers with data that will enable investigations otherwise
unimaginable."
The data will be available to researchers via PhysioNet before
the end of the year. PhysioNet offers free web access to large
collections of physiologic signals and related open-source
software. Investigators will be able to contribute to the expanding
knowledge base by sharing their methodologies and findings with the
larger research community to facilitate faster discoveries in the
future.
"We're proud to be leading the charge in the industry by opening
up our data to independent researchers to allow them to conduct
more meaningful analyses related to critical care medicine," said
Derek Smith, senior vice president,
Hospital to Home, Philips Healthcare. "This initiative will make it
easier for researchers to share methods and findings, bypassing the
need to reinvent the wheel with each new research project. We hope
this will lead to better, faster breakthroughs—and ultimately
better medicine."
The data set is compiled from records shared by hundreds of ICUs
across the United States, and is
managed by the Philips eICU Research Institute. This is one of the
most extensive ICU-centric longitudinal data sets in existence and
has been used by participants in the Philips eICU Research
Institute to produce valuable peer-reviewed critical care
research.
In its continued commitment to the critical care space, Philips
Hospital to Home will be speaking at the Society of Critical
Care Medicine Annual Congress (SCCM) on January 17-21 in Phoenix, Az., and will be highlighting
critical care technologies in booth #319.
For more information on the full suite of Philips clinical
telehealth programs, visit www.hospitaltohome.philips.com and
follow the conversation at @PhilipsHealth.
For further information, please contact:
Kathy O'Reilly
Philips
(o) 978-659-2638 (mobile) 978-221-8919
Kathy.oreilly@philips.com @kathyoreilly
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Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and
well-being company, focused on improving people's lives through
meaningful innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer
Lifestyle and Lighting. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips posted 2013 sales of
EUR 23.3 billion and employs
approximately 115,000 employees with sales and services in more
than 100 countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute
care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and
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