The careful processing and analysis of the data generated by healthcare professionals and management structures is essential for decision making in the organization of healthcare institutions, as well as for clinical practice and research. With this conviction, Vall d’Hebron celebrates the second edition of the event ‘Adding Data, Multiplying Knowledge’, which this year features an immersive workshop on the VHTeDades platform as its main highlight. The platform was created by Vall d’Hebron to ensure a secure environment in which to manage the entire data lifecycle in an agile and efficient way. “The VHTeDades platform allows the democratization of data use across the entire institution not only the Hospital but also VHIR and VHIO and represents another step in consolidating our data driven model, with management based on scientific evidence and data analysis. In addition, it provides a high quality foundation for developing Artificial Intelligence tools and identifying clinical and research needs,” explains Dr. Yolima Cossio, Director of Information Systems and Decision Support at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.

To familiarize attendees with VHTeDades, the platform is the focus of one of the practical workshops that will conclude the event. The event also included other workshops exploring what the consultation of the future will look like thanks to Generative Artificial Intelligence AI and how professionals are responsible for co creating the AI roadmap at Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus. “We have given the event a strongly practical character so that professionals can familiarize themselves with topics such as Artificial Intelligence and data management and access, which at first glance seem very technical. After all, they are tools that, to work effectively, require the knowledge and involvement of the people using them,” explains Zaira Benítez, Head of the Data Architecture Unit.

The event ‘Adding Data, Multiplying Knowledge’ also included three roundtables. The first focused on the European Data Space and the role of hospitals, a key pillar of the European Union’s data strategy, as it constitutes the first common EU data space. The second gave a voice to various Vall d’Hebron professionals, who explained what they are doing with concrete projects and results to move toward a data driven hospital.

Next, there was a demonstration of the Aura application, a new tool for hospital bed management that helps monitor beds in real time to place patients in the most appropriate way. Aura allows users to know in real time, for example, which beds are free and which are occupied by patients requiring isolation due to infection, as well as which beds can be shared and the profiles of patients in order to find the most suitable roommate.

The third roundtable focused on how data management has evolved from a primary model to secondary use of data and the lessons learned along the way. The final roundtable was dedicated to analyzing ongoing projects. Thanks to the event, Vall d’Hebron professionals were able to reflect on how data management is already changing their daily work in patient care and research, and on the medium term challenges ahead.