Integrated Digital Solutions for Oncology

Modern medicine is characterized by interdisciplinary and intersectoral patient care. Doctors from different specialties at multiple medical institutions work together to plan and implement individualized therapies. Extensive data exchange and close cooperative interaction require a high degree of digital networking. The project goal of DECIDE is to develop a web platform for secure data integration, telemedical communication, and joint therapy determination for oncology.

Decision Support, Ai-Based Data Analysis, and Patient Empowerment

The platform also provides the technological basis for therapy planning and case data analysis. Digital-assisted therapy planning uses sequential and multi-criteria decision support methods and rule-based systems. Digital assistance functions support physicians in time-consuming and error-prone work steps. Data analysis uses AI methods to extract empirical knowledge from current cases, enabling the empirically motivated further development of clinical procedures. Patients can contact their doctors via a web service or smartphone app on the web platform and obtain relevant information about their illness and therapy. This enables cancer patients to become empowered in a medically quality-assured manner. Self-determination is intended to motivate individuals to actively engage with their illness, thereby better coping with it and jointly deciding on treatment with their healthcare provider.