ZHAW Digital Health Lab
The ZHAW Digital Health Lab brings together experts from the fields of biomedicine, health, technology and business, who together create innovations for digitisation in healthcare.
Our vision
We firmly believe that through sustainable digital transformation, the healthcare system can be enhanced, leading to improved health and well-being for the population and all stakeholders.
Our mission
Our contribution to fostering intelligent digital transformation in the healthcare sector includes:
- Conducting application-oriented, interdisciplinary research and development while ensuring the transfer of knowledge and methods into both education and practical application.
- Connecting expertise from specialized research groups and establishing practical contacts across various domains, roles, and hierarchies.
- Cultivating synergies through collaborative network efforts, thereby serving as a unique hub for interdisciplinary, application-oriented excellence.
Would you like to be informed about current news, studies and publications, events and current projects in the field of Digital Health? Our newsletter is published about 3 - 4 times a year.
Digital Health Lab Day
In keynotes, workshops, poster presentations and start-up pitches as well as other formats, the developments and specific applications of digital solutions for the healthcare sector will be presented and discussed using impressive showcases.
The next Digital Health Lab Day will take place on Tuesday, 3rd September 2024 at the ZHAW School of Engineering in Winterthur. Join participants from healthcare, IT, management, health experts, startups und research, learn and discuss about recent developments in digital health.
Digital Health Lab Day 2024 - Details will follow soon
Digital Health Lab Day 2023 - Digital Strategies for Future Healthcare
Digital Health Lab Day 2022 - Smart Healthcare & Digital Innovation
Digital Health Lab Day 2021 - Implementing Digital Health Innovations
Digital Health Lab Day 2020 - Digital Citizen-based Medicine
Digital Health Events
31.01.2024 - Digital Health Lab Webinar: Unveiling the Inner Workings of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT in Healthcare - A Grounded Look at Capabilities and Limitations | Václav Pechtor, ZHAW
09.11.2023 - Digital Health Lab Webinar: Digitale Kompetenzen von Pflegefachpersonen und Mediziner:innen – Sind sie bereit für die digitale Zukunft? | Prof. Dr. Alfred Angerer, ZHAW
19.10.2023 - Digital Health Lab Webinar: AI Leaders in Swiss Healthcare | Blaise Jacholkowski, Zühlke & Dr. Jens Haarmann, ZHAW
07.09.2023 - Digital Health Lab Webinar: ExerUP!: Design and evaluation of a digital exergame-based solution for an effective and attractive sports rehabilitation | Michelle Haas, ZHAW
Projects
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Infectiology++ - Germ Tracking
In this project, we develop a system for the detection and analysis of germ transmission chains in the University Hospital Zurich. The system is based on an expert system solution in combination with machine learning (reinforcement learning).
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Quantified self - halfway between lifestyle and medicine
Starting position Inexpensive sensors in portable devices and an increasing number of applications (apps) for lifestyle, wellness and health tracking allow users to record their physical activity and behaviour. This self-tracking has become known as Quantified Self (QS) and provides a wealth of data (big data) that ...
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FairCare
FairCare intends to improve the coordination of formal and informal care and to bring together supply and demand for care for the elderly. In Switzerland, there is a large number of private and public service providers offering a wide range of services for the elderly in need. However, it is difficult to find one's ...
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AneuX
Aneurysm is a disease of blood vessel walls that causes deformation and enlargement of the vascular lumen. Clinical decision-making is currently based on the location and size of the aneurysm and on empirical clinical observations. Changes in the vessel wall result in shape modifications that can be analyzed by ...
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ExpAct
As part of the European research project, a standard software was developed for the easy and rapid implementation of skills assessments and mediation platforms for older people.By recording the experiences of older people, transparency is created on the labour market about the unused experience and human capital. If ...
Publications
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Jermain, Peter R.; Oswald, Martin; Langdun, Tenzin; Wright, Santana; Khan, Ashraf; Stadelmann, Thilo; Abdulkadir, Ahmed; Yaroslavsky, Ann N.,
2024.
Rapid optical cytology with deep learning-based cell segmentation for diagnosis of thyroid lesions [paper].
In:
Proceedings of the 2024 Optica Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics.
Optica Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics, Fort Lauderdale, USA, 7-10 April 2024.
Optica Publishing Group.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29674
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Merkle, Thorsten; Diez, Karin; Gerber, Nicole; Jeanfavre, Elsa,
2024.
Innovationsforschung im Bereich Gästeservice / Hotellerie in Spitälern.
Wädenswil:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29836
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Mingo Barba, Sergio; Ademaj, Adela; Marder, Dietmar; Riesterer, Oliver; Lattuada, Marco; Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel; Petri-Fink, Alke; Scheidegger, Stephan,
2024.
International Journal of Hyperthermia.
41(1), pp. 2320852.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02656736.2024.2320852
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Lekar, Roni; Wu, Luohong; Gerth, Tatiana; Bühler, Pascal; Seibold, Matthias; Fürnstahl, Philipp; Grabner, Helmut,
2023.
AR open surgery training for total hip arthroplasty [poster].
In:
5th Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Switzerland, 24 August 2023.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29593
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Musio, Fabio; Juchler, Norman; Yang, Kaiyuan; Menze, Björn; Hirsch, Sven,
2023.
Circle of Willis configurations in stroke patients.
In:
19th Interdisciplinary Cerebrovascular Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland, 17-19 August 2023.
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Reissenberger, Pamela; Serfözö, Peter; Piper, Diana; Juchler, Norman; Glanzmann, Sara; Gram, Jasmin; Hensler, Karina; Tonidandel, Hannah; Börlin, Elena; D’Souza, Marcus; Badertscher, Patrick; Eckstein, Jens,
2023.
European Heart Journal - Digital Health.
4(5), pp. 402-410.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztad039
Contact
Would you like to know more about the ZHAW Digital Health Lab? Alternatively, would you like to join us in creating healthcare innovations? Contact us at digitalhealthlab@zhaw.ch.