Health Data Centre
The Health Data Centre (HDC) is an industrial research centre for data driven healthcare, established by Halmstad University, Region Halland and Hallandia V.
Unlocking the potential of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for the benefit of patients and healthcare systems
The aim for HDC is to reach a forefront position in knowledge of information driven healthcare. It is a non-for-profit charitable foundation for the purpose of supporting AI research and development in healthcare. HDC will provide the capacity to retrieve, store and analyse data in a safe environment. The consortium of stakeholder organisations have the following goals with HDC:
- To use healthcare data safely and responsibly to improve care delivery
- To provide deeper insights into care delivery, actual costs of care delivery, AI algorithms, opportunities for improving care, reducing costs
In close connection to HDC is the research profile CAISR Health at Halmstad University, where research on the development of AI tools meet research on how these tools can be implemented in healthcare. The research is carried out in close collaboration with Region Halland and Swedish companies. The abbreviation CAISR stands for Center for Applied Intelligent Systems Research which is a research center at Halmstad University. HDC is also connected to Halland's innovation centre for information driven care, Leap for Life. The HDC is run by the School of Information Technology, ITE, at Halmstad University.
News connected to HDC
News article, July 2021: Artificial intelligence and precision health at Halmstad University
Video pod about Sweden as a Life Science nation, June 2021
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By the Government Offices of Sweden (Regeringskansliet). With Markus Lingman, Region Halland.
News article, April 2021: AI important for future personalised care
TV talk about AI in healthcare, Nov 2020 External link.
By UR Samtiden. With Markus Lingman, Region Halland, and Mattias Ohlsson, Halmstad University.
News article, Nov 2020: Markus Lingman is the AI Swede of the year External link.
News article, Now 2020: Artificial intelligence could predict and prevent diseases
News article and lecture, Sept 2020: AI and health data External link.
Hallands new innovation centre for information driven care – Leap for Life External link.
