Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital and Hitachi cooperate

As part of efforts to become a carbon neutral nation, the Kingdom of Denmark (“Denmark”) is promoting activities with ambitious goals in a variety of fields, including the environment, energy and transport. In the healthcare field, since 2013, it has been promoting the “Super Hospital” concept, which involves the establishment of cutting-edge medical facilities in 16 locations throughout the country. Based on this Super Hospital concept, New Hospital and Mental Health Bispebjerg is scheduled to become the largest Super Hospital in Copenhagen by 2025, and is promoting activities aimed at reducing medical costs and increasing the level of medical services.

Hitachi established the Hitachi Global Center for Innovative Analytics in April 2013 to act as a driving force behind the expansion of business in big data application fields by combining the resources of Hitachi Group’s laboratories and business divisions. Hitachi has since been accelerating activities involving the use of big data in fields including healthcare. In October 2013, it initiated a Proof of Concept (PoC) project in collaboration with National Health Service England (Greater Manchester) aimed at improving healthcare services using IT. Hitachi has been steadily strengthening business structures in a variety of healthcare fields, including Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) systems for cancer treatment, diagnostic ultrasound and MRIs, and healthcare IT. In April 2014, it transformed the medical device manufacturer Hitachi Medical Corporation into a 100% subsidiary, and established a new Healthcare Group.

In this backdrop, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital and Hitachi will combine their experiences and expertise for this project, Hitachi has abundant experience and know-how in providing medical facilities and devices in the healthcare field and in the use of IT in the big data field while Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital has a wealth of medical data and extensive experience in hospital management and operation. Together, the organizations will undertake studies in the joint development of new solutions targeting a variety of themes, including “next-generation hospital operations that combine data on facilities and human behaviors” and will define research topics by March 2015. The goal of these studies will be to increase the efficiency of hospital operations in order to achieve specific goals set by the hospital (e.g., reducing the number of beds and increasing the number of outpatients that can be received).

Hitachi will undertake activities involving the utilization of big data in Denmark at the Denmark Big Data Research Laboratory, which opened today, including activities based on this agreement with Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg University Hospital.