Catalonia consolidates itself as a model in personalised and precision medicine with the new genomic data platform OMIQ-HES

The Ministry of Health has presented the OMIQ-HES project, an innovative technological platform that enables the integration of clinical, genomic and healthcare data to facilitate the management and analysis of genetic data in a centralised manner. This tool promotes collaborative networking, improves medical decision-making and promotes biomedical research. At the same time, it guarantees the confidentiality and security of data, establishing a model of integrated and personalised care for patients with genetic diseases in Catalonia.

This initiative, developed in collaboration with the technology companies Fujitsu, Genomcore and Microsoft, represents a step forward towards more preventive, effective and secure healthcare, while optimising healthcare spending to ensure the sustainability of the system. The application of advanced bioinformatics tools allows large volumes of clinical and genomic data to be integrated and processed in a secure, scalable and equitable manner.

The presentation event, held in the Main Lecture Hall of the Casa de Convalescència in Barcelona, was co-organised with the collaboration of Bioinformatics Barcelona and the TIC Salut Social Foundation. It was attended by Alfredo Garcia, director of the Catalan Health Service; Ana Ripoll, president of Bioinformatic Barcelona (BIB); Josep Tabernero, president of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Precision Oncology Programme, and Josep Maria Borràs, director of the Oncology Master Plan, among others.

During his speech, Alfredo Garcia stressed the importance of an inclusive and equitable approach in the implementation of the project. “The most important element of this project is the systemic approach to achieve equity of access to personalised and precision medicine for all patients in Catalonia, regardless of the assigned healthcare provider. This makes the new genomic data platform and bioinformatics network available to professionals throughout the system. Therefore, it is an integrative, efficient and equitable model for the entire health system”.

The day ended with a technical workshop aimed at bioinformaticians in the biohealth industry, where the advanced functionalities of the Genomcore BIMS platform, which serves as the technological basis for OMIQ-HES, were presented.

This strategy consolidates Catalonia as a trailblazer in the implementation of personalised and precision medicine that will not only allow equitable and high-quality healthcare but will also contribute to strengthening innovation and sustainability in the healthcare system.

You can retrieve the recorded presentation event at the following link.