ARIDHIA, the health data analytics firm, has won funding to carry out a research project that could lead to improved detection and prediction in the early management of traumatic brain injuries.
ARIDHIA, the health data analytics firm, has won funding to carry out a research project that could lead to improved detection and prediction in the early management of traumatic brain injuries.
Edinburgh-based Aridhia, led by chief executive David Sibbald, will run the two-year study in collaboration with NHS Great Glasgow and Clyde, Philips Medical Systems UK and the University of Glasgow.
The study, which will take place at the Southern General Hospital, has been given the green light after public funding was secured through Innovate UK, the body formerly known as the Technology Strategy Board.
Information on the level of funding provided and the overall cost of the project has not been disclosed.
The project promises to introduce recent advances in big data modelling directly into clinical practice, which could ultimately lead to a better understanding of brain injuries.
The collaborators hope that, by exploiting big data in a healthcare setting, clinicians will be able to make treatment decisions earlier, which in turn could lead to reduced hospital stays, in-hospital mortality and more cost-effective care.
The project will see Aridhia deploy its AnalytiXagility software to store and analyse high frequency data collected from patients through bed-side monitoring in the neointensive care unit. The identities the patients will not be recorded.
Aridhia will work alongside NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the University of Glasgow to ensure the technology meets clinical needs.
Mr Sibbald said: "With few proven effective medical therapies for brain injury, traumatic brain injury is devastating, not only to the victim but also to their carers and to the society that supports their long-term recovery, often lasting many years."
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