Personalized Health Basel
A joint project organization of the University of Basel and the University Hospitals of the Basel area, Personalized Health Basel (PHB) is committed to advancing healthcare through innovation, data-driven research, and clinical translation, for the benefit of patients, science, and society.
Our mission is to transform the Basel region into a leading hub for personalized health by:
- Facilitating interdisciplinary and translational collaboration
- Fostering partnerships between academia and industry
- Streamlining data-driven clinical and research processes
- Building modern IT and data infrastructures
We bridge gaps in data and biospecimen access by developing infrastructure that enables secure sharing and analysis across clinical and research networks. This paves the way for translational research, breakthrough diagnostics and treatments, and improved prevention and clinical care. Working with translational labs, we integrate advanced analytics and decision-support tools into clinical workflows, turning innovation into routine practice.
PHB contributes to national initiatives such as Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), while also engaging in cross-border projects, within the upper Rhine region and beyond, like Clinnova. We also actively foster partnerships with the private sector in the Basel region to drive innovation.
By providing coordinating efforts, IT and data expertise, and leveraging existing resources, PHB empowers researchers, clinicians, and health authorities to deliver the future of personalized healthcare.
⏳ The deadline is approaching for the Open Innovation Challenge: openEHR for Clinical Innovation!
At Personalized Health Basel, we believe that open standards like openEHR International are key to unlocking the full potential of clinical data, not just for one hospital, but for an entire regional health ecosystem. Following last year's success, we have once again launched a unique Open Innovation Challenge in collaboration with DayOne – Healthcare Innovation, focusing on:
💡 co-developing interoperable, openEHR-based digital health solutions that improve clinical workflows, enhance data quality, and ultimately drive better patient outcomes
This challenge is about bringing together healthcare providers, innovators, startups, researchers and technology partners to build solutions that address real clinical needs on top of a shared openEHR-based ecosystem.
💡 Still refining your concept? Join our final webinar and gain valuable insights into the challenge, the clinical context, and the opportunities created by open standards and shared infrastructure.
📅 Sign up here today 👉 Open Innovation Challenge: openEHR for Clinical Innovation
Project application deadline: 19 June
📅 15 June / Webinar “From Concept to Clarity”: From Concept to Clarity - DayOne
If you aiming to collaborate and develop your product within a growing health innovation ecosystem, we encourage you to apply. We look forward to seeing and supporting the ideas that could help shape the future of digitally enabled healthcare.
Last year's challenge showed us what is possible when clinicians, researchers and innovators work side by side on real problems, here the selcted projects 2025. We can’t wait to see what this co-development programme will bring this year!
If you're working on digital health solutions and want to test them in a real-world clinical environment, this is your opportunity 👇
🎉 PHB is thrilled to announce the winner of the PHB Translational Award 2026! 🎉
Also this year, we received numerous outstanding and innovative proposals, and we would like to sincerely thank all applicants for their interest and the time invested in preparing their submissions. While we were only able to fund one project, the high level of engagement and quality of the proposals were really impressive!
👏 We are very pleased to congratulate Dr. Matthias Mutke & Dr. Tobias Nellessen from the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the USB. 👏
The 2026 award will support part of their position over a 12-month period starting June 1, 2026, enabling them to dedicate time away from clinical duties to focus on this innovative project:
'AI in Real-world Radiology: Prospective Imaging Evaluation of Detection Support and Opportunistic Screening'
🎉 COMPASS, the project awarded with the PHB Translational Award 2025, is ready for rollout! 🎉
COMPASS is a concrete implementation of personalized health principles at the University Hospital Basel (USB), fusing multi-modal clinical data to support individualized oncology care at a leading Swiss academic centre.
It enables, for the first time, a comprehensive and integrated overview of oncology patients treated at USB, fusing all available patient related information into a single structured display. Clinicians can rapidly comprehend both the clinical and disease trajectory of individual patients, substantially reducing preparation time prior to consultations and tumor board discussions. Information previously distributed across multiple disconnected systems is now immediately and simultaneously accessible.
Congratulation Dr. Benjamin Thiele from the Oncology Department at USB, and Ismael Embaby and Victor Parmar, from the D&ICT at USB, for the great collaborative work and achievement!
6th Clinic Meets Data Science Symposium - SAVE THE DATE!
The goal of the Symposium is to showcase the latest developments in clinical data science, highlighted state-of-the-art and future applications and tools and discuss possibilities and opportunities that data science offers for the clinical daily routines.
Date: 30 October 2026
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Organizing Committee:
- Francesca Faraci (SUPSI-MeDiTech, Lugano)
- Abdullah Kahraman (Hochschule für Life Sciences FHNW, Muttenz)
- Michal Krauthammer (University of Zürich and University Hospital Zurich)
Save the date and stay tuned! The program will be published soon.
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Bram Stieltjes, MD PhD
Head of Department Research and Analysis Services, University Hospital Basel
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Cristina Golfieri, PhD
PHB Manager
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Raffaello Ferone, PhD
PHB Industry Partnership Manager
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Siri Leemann, PhD
Project Manager PH Eucor
