DataTools4Heart

A European Health Data Toolbox for Enhancing Cardiology Data Interoperability, Reusability and Privacy

OBJECTIVES

  • Develop a common data extraction tool that will enhance metadata and data interoperability while taking into account data heterogeneity across European regions and cardiology units.
  • Develop a common data extraction tool that will enhance metadata and data interoperability while taking into account data heterogeneity across European regions and cardiology units.
  • Introduce a multilingual NLP suite, including cardiology-specific entity recognition and machine translation, for standardised data structuring of cardiology reports across European regions.
  • Develop an open platform with dedicated virtual assistants to help clinicians, researchers and data scientists structure and navigate through existing and new health data sets in cardiology.

ROLES

  • Coordinate and manage the DataTools4Heart project
  • Coordinate the outreach activities
  • Coordinate the evaluation and calibration of the tool
  •  Lead the development of privacy-preserving and efficient federated learning methods
  • Set out the ethical requirements that the project must comply with

PARTNERS   

NO. INSTITUTION COUNTRY
1
University of Barcelona
Spain
2
Lynkeus SRL
Italy
3
Barcelona Supercomputing Centre
Spain
4
Software Research & Development Consultancy
Turkey
5
Athena Research Centre
Greece
6
University Medical Center Utrecht
Netherlands
7
Panetta Studio Legale
Italy
8
Translated SRL
Italy
9
Siemens Healthcare
Romania
10
Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IRCCS)
Italy
11
St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno
Czech Republic
12
Vall d’Hebrón University Hospital – Institute of Research (VHIR)
Spain
13
Karolinska University Hospital
Sweden
14
University Emergency Hospital of Bucharest
Romania
15
European Society of Cardiology
France
16
University College London Hospital
Great Britain
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Funding institution

European Commision

Project number

101057849

Project budget

7 747 905,00 €

UB's budget

1 183 750,00 €

Project Coordinator

Karim Lekadir (BCN-AIM)

UB's Principal Investigator

Karim Lekadir

BCN-AIM's role

Project coordination

Official website

DataTools4Heart Website

Mail

karim.lekadir@ub.edu