Patient Monitoring Roundtable No°7 | 2025: AI and Data Platforms for Intelligent Patient Monitoring
Save the Date: The eighth and final Roundtable of 2025 will take place on November 27 at the BIH Digital Labs, focusing on “High Quality Data: New Opportunities for Neurology.” Interested? Book your on-site or online ticket here!
What are the most promising use cases for artificial intelligence in healthcare, and how can they improve patient monitoring? These questions were at the heart of the seventh PMRT of the year, held under the title “AI and Data Platforms for Intelligent Patient Monitoring” at the Berlin Simulation and Training Center. Researchers, clinicians, industry partners, and key stakeholders came together to discuss how data-driven systems can contribute to a trustworthy and personalized medicine.
Keynote by Prof. Dr. Petra Ritter
Professor of Brain Simulation at the Berlin Institute of Health, Charité, and Director of TEF-Health
The event opened with a keynote by Prof. Dr. Petra Ritter, who offered a European perspective on AI in healthcare. Starting from the EU AI Act, she explained what constitutes an “AI system” from a regulatory standpoint: a machine-based system operating with varying degrees of autonomy, capable of adaptation after deployment, and producing outputs such as predictions or recommendations that influence real or virtual environments.
Prof. Ritter emphasized that developing trustworthy AI systems requires more than technical excellence. It demands clinical validation, transparency, and ethical assurance throughout the entire lifecycle, from data acquisition to decision support.
In the second part of her keynote, she introduced TEF-Health (Testing and Experimentation Facility for Health AI), a European initiative providing technical and scientific support to test, validate, and certify health AI systems. The goal: building a shared European infrastructure that bridges innovation and regulation, accelerating the market readiness of trustworthy AI applications.
Workshop:
Use Cases for Intelligent Patient Monitoring
Alongside a station by our partner Dräger, participants engaged in two research sessions using the Backcasting method to envision the future and map the path backwards. The two focus areas:
Use Case 1: From Reactive to Predictive Care – Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)
Participants envisioned a future where predictive, AI-based systems assist clinical decision-making before critical events occur. By 2030, alarms should no longer be reactive but proactive, based on multimodal data, standardized interfaces (e.g., SDC), and continuously learning models.
Milestones:
- 2030: User-friendly systems that actively involve caregivers and clinicians; ethical and regulatory frameworks established.
- 2028: Data standardization and integration of clinical AI models; first pilot evaluations in hospital settings.
- 2026: Advances in multiparameter analytics and risk-based alarm management.
Use Case 2: Digital Twins for Personalized Patient Monitoring
The second session focused on the vision of digital twins, enabling fully personalized prevention, therapy, and follow-up by 2050. Participants developed scenarios in which digital twins integrate data from diverse sources and generate adaptive models.
Milestones:
- 2050: Digital twins become part of a “living health system” – continuously learning, safely certified, and supporting prevention, early detection, and participatory medicine.
- 2040: Regulatory and ethical frameworks established; interoperability across platforms ensured.
- 2030: First clinical pilot projects combining digital twins with decision-support systems for therapy planning.
Take Home Messages
- Trustworthy AI requires transparent validation, clinical evidence, and clear quality standards.
- Interoperability is key: data silos and unclear responsibilities hinder progress, shared platforms and strong governance drive it forward.
- User-centered design ensures acceptance through training, transparency, and participatory development.
- Collaboration between clinics, industry, and research (as enabled by PMRT and TEF-Health) is essential for sustainable innovation.
We look forward to welcoming you again on November 27, 2025, for the final Patient Monitoring Roundtable of the year at the BIH Digital Labs. Our year-end theme: “High Quality Data: New Opportunities for Neurology.” Don’t miss it!
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The Patient Monitoring Roundtable is organized by the Initiative for Innovation and Collaboration in Healthcare e.V. (INCH e.V.) in partnership with the Institute for Medical Informatics at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Special thanks to our sponsors Masimo, Dräger, and Philips, whose support makes the Patient Monitoring Roundtable possible.
We also thank Prof. Dr. Petra Ritter for her inspiring keynote, the Berlin Simulation and Training Center, and all participants for their collaborative work envisioning the future of intelligent, safe, and human-centered patient monitoring.
