New platform of data analytics for mental health

Abstract

IntroductionMental disorder is a key public health challenge and a leading cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to its high level of disability and mortality. Therefore, a slight improvement on mental care provision and management could generate solid benefits on relieving the social burden of mental diseases.ObjectivesThis paper presents a long-term vision of strategic collaboration between Fujitsu Laboratories, Fujitsu Spain, and Hospital Clinico San Carlos to generate value through predictive and preventive medicine improving healthcare outcomes for every clinical area, benefiting managers, clinicians, and patients.AimsThe aim is to enable a data analytic approach towards a value-based healthcare system via health informatics. The project generates knowledge from heterogeneous data sources to obtain patterns assisting clinical decision-making.MethodsThis project leverages a data analytic platform named HIKARI (“light” in Japanese) to deliver the “right” information, to the “right” people, at the “right” time. HIKARI consists of a data-driven and evidence-based Decision Support and Recommendation System (DSRS), facilitating identification of patterns in large-scale hospital and open data sets and linking data from different sources and types.ResultsUsing multiple, heterogeneous data sets, HIKARI detects correlations from retrospective data and would facilitate early intervention when signs and symptoms prompt immediate actions. HIKARI also analyses resource consumption patterns and suggests better resource allocation, using real-world data.ConclusionsWith the advance of ICT, especially data-intensive computing paradigm, approaches mixing individual risk assessment and environmental conditions become increasingly available. As a key tool, HIKARI DSRS can assist clinicians in the daily management of mental disorders.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.