The digitalisation of the healthcare industry in Germany is only making slow progress. A number of hurdles prevent the practical realisation of the potential benefits of data spaces: a lack of trust and standards, data protection issues, fragmented infrastructure and a lack of interoperability between systems lead to faltering processes, high expenditure and therefore escalating costs. Together with renowned partners such as Roche, Siemens Healthineers, ROTE LISTE, Gesundheitsforen, Fraunhofer ISST, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) and W2 healthcare, adesso has therefore launched the HealthTrack-X data space project. The participants want to demonstrate that data spaces are not purely theoretical constructs, but can make a very concrete contribution to solving current challenges.
Secure data space for logistics, research, doctors and patients
As part of the research project, adesso is developing a prototypical, collaborative data space for sharing data. The aim of the three use cases to be mapped in HealthTrack-X is to digitalise the production and supply chains in the industrial healthcare sector for pharmaceuticals, medical products and medical devices, making them more resilient. Standardised CO2 management will also enable the exchange of data for the sustainability assessment of products along their production and supply chains.
HealthTrack-X opens up a large number of application scenarios: In the logistics sector, HealthTrack-X facilitates digital supply chain management with standardised, semi-automated data exchange between wholesalers and the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). Standardised data exchange based on uniform rules also enables many other efficiency gains – from internal company potential in procurement to simplified processes in CO2 reporting, for example for medical devices. The next milestone of the initiative is the basic establishment of the data space in mid-2025, after which participants will be connected and data exchange scenarios will be trialled as part of the implementation of use cases.
