Case Study: UMC Utrecht improves child abuse detection with Roseman Labs' secure MPC technology

UMC Utrecht When patient data is too sensitive to share

UMC Utrecht, a university medical center, faced the significant challenge of detecting child abuse cases that often span multiple hospitals. Due to the extreme sensitivity of the data, patient information could not be shared between institutions, making it nearly impossible to identify patterns of abuse. UMC Utrecht partnered with Roseman Labs to overcome this privacy and data traceability problem using their secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology.

Roseman Labs implemented a solution called the "NSK dataspace," which allows for the secure, encrypted linkage of pseudonymized patient-level data across the hospital network. This enables collaborative analysis for insights while only sharing de-identified or aggregated results, ensuring patient and organizational confidentiality. The solution has empowered healthcare providers to finally collaborate effectively without compromising privacy, leading to improved detection and management of child abuse cases and paving the way for a broader, secure Central Patient Index.

UMC Utrecht

Eline van den Heuvel

Paediatrician & Lead