Innovative Secure Medical Campus

Innovation in the hospital: Artificial intelligence and cyber security made in NRW

Presentation of the “Innovative Secure Medical Campus UKB” f.l.: Klaus Schmitz (Managing Director Deutsche Telekom Security), Stephan Wirtz (Member of the Board Cyber Security Cluster Bonn), Clemens Platzköster (Commercial Director and Deputy Chairman UKB), Markus Stratmann (Managing Director ARKADIA Management Consultants), Dieter Padberg (Head of IT UKB), Dr. Bernd Ohnesorge (President Europe Siemens Healthineers), Prof. Ulrike Attenberger (Director of the Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology UKB and Head of ISMC Project), Mona Neubaur (Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of NRW), Prof. Wolfgang Holzgreve (Medical Director and Chairman of the Board UKB), Dirk Backofen (Head of Telekom Security), Dr. Christian Temath (Managing Director KI.NRW), Dr. Alexandra Heidel (Senior Strategic Account Manager T-Systems) © Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB) / A. Winkler

News and progress can be found on the project’s website.

Bonn University Hospital and Cyber Security Cluster initiate Innovative Secure Medical Campus 

The Innovative Secure Medical Campus is a unique cooperation project in Germany between Bonn University Hospital and the Cyber Security Cluster, which is also based in Bonn. Together, they are working on a transferable digitalization concept for the UKB, in which the use of state-of-the-art AI technology is considered together with the topic of cyber security and data protection from the very beginning.

Hospitals and especially maximum care providers such as the UKB are facing a major challenge that will become more urgent in the coming decades as a result of demographic change – a shortage of medical specialists with an ever-increasing number of patients suffering from complex diseases. Digitalization and data security play a crucial role in planning how to design processes more efficiently. This is where the project steps in: The aim is to use the latest technologies, such as 5G, artificial intelligence and surgical robotics, to develop the UKB as an Innovative Secure Medical Campus into a pioneer for the medical campus of the future.

Fundamental for precise therapeutic decisions of patients with complex diseases is the complete availability of all medical data collected in the context of treatment at the medical facility. In the current status quo, these data are often only available partly in digital and partly in analog form, while systematically structured databases that could be easily accessed with data mining for subsequent analyses, as well as digital exchange with external referring physicians (practices or clinics), are still insufficient.

In the Innovative Secure Medical Campus, the relevant data will be collected in a data lake, so that the digital availability and processing of the patient history, including preliminary findings, images, laboratory and pathology data, will be made possible in an uncomplicated manner. With the 5G network already installed on the campus, the necessary infrastructure for this project is provided. 

On this basis, AI systems can then be attached to support therapeutic decision-making (clinical decision support systems) or even make therapy simulations on digital twins possible. The holistic approach also pursues other, diverse goals, such as the optimization of surgical robotics, AI-supported intelligent resource planning or smart parking, i.e., the easy location of available parking spaces on a large medical campus. A trial of autonomously driving shuttle vehicles on the UKB campus is also planned. The digitization solutions will also be integrated into the smart city approach of the city of Bonn. 

Above all, the security aspect is crucial to the success of this project, because in the healthcare sector in particular, the trustworthy, protective handling of sensitive patient data is indispensable. Hacker attacks on medical facilities have repeatedly demonstrated this. To ensure cyber security and integrate intelligent security solutions, the Cyber Security Cluster Bonn is on board as a strong partner. The project is funded by the state with 17.5 million euros and will run for three years. The project is being led by Prof. Ulrike Attenberger, Director of the Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, UKB. 

Introducing the KI.NRW flagships
In the video, Prof. Dr. Jörg C. Kalff explains the goals of the flagship and reveals his best moment in the project.
Event: »Artificial intelligence in hospitals«
More time for patient work through digital innovations
As of now, autonomous shuttle buses will transport patients at the UK Bonn via the Innovative Secure Medical Campus
© Deutsche Telekom Security
The UKB status report in the KI.NRW blog: AI in the service of health security
Guest article by Prof Dr Ulrike Attenberger and Dieter Padberg
© nvidia.com
NVIDIA presents ISMC use case for harnessing VR technology to transform medical care
© Deutsche Telekom AG
Innovative Secure Medical Campus honoured with DIGITAL X AWARD 2023
© Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB) / A. Winkler
Minister Neubaur and UKB present the ISMC
© KI.NRW
Interactive online tool shows use cases of artificial intelligence in hospitals
© Cyber Security Cluster Bonn e.V. & Innovative Secure Medical Campus
Innovative Secure Medical Campus at the Medica 2022
© UKB
Minister Pinkwart hands over funding notification at UKB
30.03.2022 • Press release on the handover of the notification
© KI.NRW
Flagships powered by KI.NRW
More about our KI.NRW-Flagship-Projects
© Cyber Security Cluster Bonn e.V.
The vision of the project in video
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Comments on the research project

Mona Neubaur

Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. 

With the Innovative Secure Medical Campus<, we are funding a highly innovative project with an impact far beyond the borders of North Rhine-Westphalia. The consistent digitalization of processes, diagnostics and treatment methods with state-of-the-art technologies simplifies many processes for patients and significantly reduces the workload of employees at Bonn University Hospital.

© Land NRW/R. Sondermann

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Attenberger

Director of the Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the UKB. 

Using state-of-the-art technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and surgical robotics, the UKB is set to be a pioneer for a medical campus of the future as an Innovative Secure Medical Campus. This involves a secure, comprehensive digitalization solution that optimizes patient diagnostics and treatment as well as general processes in clinics.

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Holzgreve

Medical Director and Chairman of the Board of the UKB. 

The Innovative Secure Medical Campus not only ensures the medical care quality of the UKB as a university maximum care provider at the very highest level even under the forecast framework conditions. We are pleased to also be able to further develop this innovatively digitally and securely at the same time as part of the lighthouse project.

© Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB)/J.F. Saba

Dr. Christian Temath

Managing Director KI.NRW 

The Innovative Secure Medical Campus sets new benchmarks for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The approach of combining state-of-the-art AI technology with the topic of cyber security and data protection from the very beginning shows: NRW can do AI. But also: AI is a team sport. The cooperation of different expertise enables innovative solutions with charisma beyond NRW. We look forward to anchoring the project in our AI ecosystem and establishing it in national and international networks.

Stephan Wirtz

Board of Directors Cyber Security Cluster Bonn e.V. and Managing Director anykey GmbH. 

We are proud to have been able to contribute cyber security by design right from the start with the knowledge and extensive experience of our cluster members in the design of the Innovative Secure Medical Campus.

 

Flagships powered by KI.NRW 

Operating under the brand “Flagships powered by KI.NRW“, the Artificial Intelligence Competence Platform North Rhine-Westphalia supports projects funded by the state as AI lighthouse projects in order to support efficient technology transfer and close cooperation between SMEs, startups, universities, colleges and research institutions in NRW. Under the strategic auspices of KI.NRW, the competence platform provides communications support for the projects and positions NRW as an AI location by marketing the results at European level. One focus is on the sustainable transfer and further utilization of the project results. 


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