Illumination project: Language models revolutionize emergency room in Berlin

A groundbreaking research project picks up speed! From now on, the interdisciplinary team of Illumination is hitting new ways in the healthcare system. The goal? The use of large voice models to prioritize patients faster in emergency room! Under the patronage of the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, the project is now being launched at the Charité in Berlin. The financial tailwind comes from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, which guarantees the necessary support with a proud 1.7 million euros over three years.

Reality in the emergency room is often sobering! Doctors and nurses are under immense pressure and must record patient data in seconds, determine symptoms and carefully evaluate this information. This is where the big voice models come into play! These intelligent systems have the potential to optimize these processes and to do a lot faster and more efficiently - but , great caution is required: data protection and privacy are on the brink! Illumination therefore brings together technical, legal and human perspectives to develop safe solutions.

The saving hand in the emergency room

In the heart of the project, everything revolves around a revolutionary application that specifically supports medical staff! Patients can describe their symptoms via interactive chats, and the language model evaluates this information and suggests prioritization. This enables the system to concentrate on the decisive vital parameters and to make well -founded decisions about the treatment. Project coordinator Franziska Boenisch explains: "We want to relieve doctors in the hectic environment of the emergency room." This innovation could be decisive and save lives!

But how can you combine the quality of prediction with the protection of privacy? This is where the concept of differential privacy comes into play - a mathematical model that should guarantee that individual patient data will not be revealed under any circumstances. "We ensure that during the learning process from the overall population there are no conclusions about individuals," continued Boenisch.

A strong team makes it possible!

illumination gathered under the direction of the Cispa brilliant heads from different disciplines! The Charité, the University of Heidelberg, the Free University of Berlin and the innovative Berlin startup Algonaut bring its expertise to ensure that all facets from medicine to machine learning are taken into account. The mix makes it!

This experimental project is not only a step into the future of medical care - a new age could also be heralded for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. ”

Scientific contact

dr. Franziska Boenisch, Dr. Adam Dziedzic

CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Science

chair sets 5, 66123 Saarbrücken

boenisch@cispa.de, dziedzic@cispa.de

about the Cispa

The CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security is a large-scale research facility within the Helmholtz community and is dedicated to the challenges in information security. The aim is to promote cyber security and data protection and to find innovative solutions for industry.