Workshop – Evolving Benchmarking Strategies: A Transatlantic Perspective

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On July 18th, 2024, an EU-US workshop, “Evolving Benchmarking Strategies: A Transatlantic Perspective”, was held in Barcelona, Spain. This collaborative event brought together leading experts from the University and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital, and PHEMS to explore innovative approaches in pediatric critical care benchmarking.

 

Upcoming Sessions

January 27th, 15.00-15.50 CET

The PHEMS Federated Network: How We Are Enabling Clinical Benchmarking

The PHEMS Federated Network has reached an important milestone in its initial implementation phase. All four founding members are now fully connected to the network and are technically capable of running Use Case 1, laying the groundwork for effective clinical benchmarking.

Speaker: 

  • Ross Stiven, Senior Product Manager at Aridhia

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February 17th, 15.00-15.50 CET

Improving Benchmarking Capacity Via Federated Netoworks: Pediatric Cardiology

This meet-up explores how federated data approaches – where insights are shared without moving sensitive patient data – can strengthen benchmarking capacity, improve quality comparisons, and ultimately advance care for children with heart diseases.

Speaker: 

  • Andrew Taylor, Director of Innovation at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

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March 24th, 15.00-15.50 CET

Federated Learning in Rare Diseases: Generating Larger Data Sets to Overcome Limitations of Single-Centre Studies

Following our previous meet-up, “Improving Treatment for Pediatrich Patients with Hemophilia Through Machine Learning”, this session will provide an update on recent progress and key developments within the project.

This meet-up will present the latest advances in the application of machine learning to pediatric hemophilia care, including insights gained since the last discussion, ongoing work, and preliminary outcomes.

Speakers:

  • Alexander Janssen, Postdoctoral Researcher and University Lecturer in Artifical Intelligence, Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital
  • Prof. Dr. Marjon H. Cnossen, Pediatric Hematologist at Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital

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