Philips Research wins Dutch Hendrik Lorentz Award for its pioneering use of data science and artificial intelligence in healt...
14 June 2019 - 5:00PM
June 14, 2019Philips’ AI-powered adaptive intelligence solutions
help people to live healthy lifestyles, improve patient outcomes,
reduce healthcare costs, and enhance the patient and staff
experience
Amsterdam, the Netherlands Royal Philips (NYSE:
PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today
announced that its global research organization was awarded the
Hendrik Lorentz Award for its pioneering role in the digital
transformation of healthcare by applying data science and
artificial intelligence (AI). The award, which is part of the Dutch
Data Science Awards, was presented to Philips’ Chief Technology
Officer and head of Research, Henk van Houten, at a ceremony in Den
Bosch, the Netherlands.
From building intelligent and personalized consumer solutions
that are tailored and adaptive to people’s unique needs to creating
an ecosystem of AI assets aimed at augmenting clinicians in
their daily work, Philips is applying AI to help consumers adopt
healthy lifestyles and support health systems improve outcomes,
reduce costs, and enhance patient care and staff experience.
“We believe that AI is offering unprecedented opportunities to
transform healthcare delivery around the world and we are highly
motivated to deliver the needed change through innovation,
co-created with our clinical and academic partners,” said Henk van
Houten. “The biggest challenge is combining AI and other
technologies with a deep understanding of the context in which they
are used, which is why Philips puts people – patients, clinicians
and individual citizens – at the center of healthcare
transformation and innovation.”
Philips ranks among the top three companies in the world in
terms of AI-related patent applications in healthcare. Practical
examples of AI-driven innovations developed by Philips that the
jury took into account when deciding on the winner include a
machine learning based system called OncoSignal that measures
signaling pathway activity in individual tumor samples to diagnose
different cancer types and predict targeted therapy response; the
company’s SmartSleep DeepSleep Headband, which applies deep
learning to classifying sleep staging based on EEG data and
providing auditory stimulation to the wearer to prolong deep sleep
so that they get more rest. Philips’ Intellivue Guardian patient
monitoring/early-warning scoring system, its CareSage predictive
analytics for elderly care, and its IntelliSpace Precision Medicine
Oncology clinical decision support (CDS) software were also cited
in the award nomination.
“Today’s award is not just an acknowledgement of the innovation
power of Philips, it’s a recognition of all the hard work and
effort that has been put in over the years by the hospitals,
doctors, clinicians, patient advocates, universities, and consumer
groups that collaborate with us to improve people’s lives,” Henk
van Houten added. “Without them, it would simply not have been
possible.”
Founded in 1914, Philips Research is one of the largest private
research organizations in the world, employing approximately 1,200
professionals and 50 nationalities. It has a global presence with
sites in Europe, North America, China and India.
The Hendrik Lorentz awardThe Hendrik Lorentz
award is the ‘best industry application’ award in the Dutch Data
Science Awards. The awards are a joint initiative between the Royal
Dutch Association for Science (KHMW – Koninklijke Hollandsche
Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) and the Big Data Alliance (BDA),
aimed at putting exceptional innovative entrepreneurship and
scientific research in the field of data science in the spotlight.
They are supported by the University of Amsterdam, AIMMS, Lubbers
De Jong, Oracle, Elsevier and ORTEC.
A challenging career at PhilipsPhilips is
looking for the most dedicated, passionate and skilled data
scientists and software developers eager to touch the lives of
billions of people around the world by addressing challenging,
unmet needs in healthcare by means of innovative methods in data
analytics.Find out more: www.philips.com/softwaredevelopment
For further information, please contact:
Joost MalthaPhilips Group Press OfficeTel: +31 6 10 55
8116E-mail: joost.maltha@philips.com
About Royal PhilipsRoyal Philips (NYSE: PHG,
AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on
improving people's health and enabling better outcomes across the
health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis,
treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and
deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated
solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a
leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient
monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health
and home care. Philips' health technology portfolio generated 2018
sales of EUR 18.1 billion and employs approximately 77,000
employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News
about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.
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