SAO PAULO and ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and Einstein Hospital Israelita today announced a milestone in their collaboration to advance responsible artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled healthcare innovation. Einstein's de-identified clinical data is now available through Mayo Clinic Platform's secure, privacy-preserving global healthcare innovation ecosystem. The collaboration strengthens South American representation in global health datasets and enables researchers and innovators to develop, validate, and scale AI-enabled solutions across a broader representation of patient populations.

"Working with leading hospitals around the world, like Einstein Hospital Israelita, Mayo Clinic Platform is curating the world's data and assembling the world's innovators to advance healthcare transformation," says John Halamka, M.D., Dwight and Dian Diercks president, Mayo Clinic Platform. "By building a global health data network, we can accelerate the discovery, development and deployment of trusted AI-enabled solutions to improve care for patients everywhere."

For Einstein Hospital Israelita, the milestone reinforces its role as one of the global and leading institutions in health innovation, enabling the development and validation of AI-enabled solutions through Mayo Clinic Platform's secure environment while contributing regional clinical perspectives to global research. The collaboration also creates opportunities for multicenter studies, responsible algorithm validation and future innovation opportunities to connect healthcare professionals, researchers and digital health innovators.

To prepare for this data collaboration, Einstein Hospital Israelita joined Mayo Clinic Platform's Early Adopter Program to learn how to best use the Platform's tools and capabilities to advance global AI research.

"Einstein is now taking a more strategic role in one of the most relevant global health data networks focused on innovation. This advancement marks the completion of a technological adaptation stage for secure cloud data access and paves the way for the development, validation, and implementation of AI-based solutions and algorithms. It will also enable secure multicenter studies with privacy protection to advance medical practice, resulting in greater capacity to scale projects to global standards," says Sidney Klajner, president of Einstein Hospital Israelita.

This global health data network, called Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect, now includes eight members and spans seven countries across three continents. Connect brings broad representation in genetics, demographics and lifestyles to provide a massive repository of analyzable data for research and responsible AI development to transform healthcare globally. All data remains de-identified and under the control of each participating healthcare organization.

Connect's founding members include Brazil's Einstein Hospital Israelita, Canada's University Health Network, Israel's Sheba Medical Center, Mayo Clinic and Mercy in the United States. Additional partners include Aga Khan University in Kenya and Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea.

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About Mayo Clinic
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About Mayo Clinic Platform
Mayo Clinic Platform is a strategic initiative of Mayo Clinic that enables collaboration, data-driven innovation and responsible AI development to transform healthcare globally. Mayo Clinic Platform is reimagining healthcare as an ecosystem — one where data, digital solutions, and expertise flow seamlessly between innovators and care teams to improve care for patients everywhere.

About Einstein Hospital Israelita
Einstein Hospital Israelita is one of Latin America's leading healthcare, education, research and innovation institutions. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Einstein combines high-complexity care, scientific research, digital health capabilities and partnerships with global organizations to advance healthcare transformation. Through initiatives in artificial intelligence, data science, technology validation and innovation, Einstein works to translate knowledge into better care, broader access and improved outcomes for patients in Brazil and beyond.

Media contacts:

• Caroline Auger, Mayo Clinic Communications, newsbureau@mayo.edu
• Luna Aghata, Einstein Hospital Israelita Communications, imprensa@einstein.br  

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