Health OFFIS

Health

The demographic changes and the progress in medical technology present new questions for the health system.

How can the teamwork of the protagonists in health care be constructed more efficiently? How can we optimize the support of health care and aftercare? And how have the living and habitation of tomorrow to look like to permit the elderly a maximum of well-being and independence? The information and communication technologies (ICT) help to find answers to the challenges of the future and to implement them adequately.

OFFIS as Designer

For many years we at OFFIS have been researching and developing information technologies for health care and medicine. The Lower Saxony Epidemiological Cancer Register and the significant participation in the development of the DICOM international medical image communication standard are just two of numerous examples of successful OFFIS work. We understand health not only as the absence of sickness but rather – following the definition of the World Health Organisation WHO – as a condition of full physical, mental and social wellbeing. The topics of “Ambient Assisted Living” (the technical support of people in their daily lives) and “Health Services” (analysis of health service situations and new health service concepts) are thus of particular significance in our work.

Concrete Applications

We have classified our concrete applications of the division Health's ICT-Research and -Development in the following R&D-Groups:

Chairman Executive Board

Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Andreas Hein

Directors

Dr. rer. nat.
Wilfried Thoben

Persons

B

Dr. rer. nat. Maren Bertheau

E-Mail: maren.bertheau(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-262

Kolja Blohm

E-Mail: kolja.blohm(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-461, Room: Flx-G

Dr. Dietrich Boles

E-Mail: Dietrich.Boles(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-212, Room: Flx-S

D

Dr.-Ing. Klaas Dählmann

E-Mail: klaas.daehlmann(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-290, Room: Flx-G

E

Dr. rer. nat. Marco Eichelberg

E-Mail: marco.eichelberg(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-147, Room: E46

F

Mareike Förster

E-Mail: mareike.foerster(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-259

G

Jenny Inge Glitza

E-Mail: Jenny.Glitza(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-123

H

Kirsten Harms

E-Mail: kirsten.harms(at)offis.de

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Hein

E-Mail: Andreas.Hein(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-701, Room: O41

K

Dr. rer. nat. Franziska Klein

E-Mail: Franziska.Klein(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-271

Finn König

E-Mail: finn.koenig(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-209

Dr. Ing. Tobias Krahn

E-Mail: tobias.krahn(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-145

L

Dr.-Ing. Christian Lüpkes

E-Mail: christian.luepkes(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-134, Room: E45

M

Eliane Markusch

E-Mail: eliane.markusch(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-257

Dr.-Ing. Frerk Müller-von Aschwege

E-Mail: frerk.mueller-von.aschwege(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-146, Room: E50

N

Celia Nieto Agraz

E-Mail: celia.nietoagraz(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-149, Room: Flx-G

Q

Vincent Quinten

E-Mail: vincent.quinten(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-219

R

Julien Räker

E-Mail: julien.raeker(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-230

Harald Roesen

E-Mail: Harald.Roesen(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-738, Room: Flx-G

Martin Rohde

E-Mail: martin.rohde(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-140, Room: U25

S

Dr. Ing. Johannes Schering

E-Mail: johannes.schering(at)offis.de, Room: E66

Patricia Schwarz

E-Mail: patricia.schwarz(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-133

Sebastian Specht

E-Mail: sebastian.specht(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-700, Room: U31

Rebekka Stellfeldt

E-Mail: rebekka.stellfeldt(at)offis.de

T

Dr. rer. nat. Wilfried Thoben

E-Mail: wilfried.thoben(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-131, Room: E47

Tabea Tschigor

E-Mail: tabea.tschigor(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-249

W

Timo Wolters

E-Mail: timo.wolters(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-724, Room: Flx-G

EN: Alle Personen aus dem Bereich Health

Projects

2026

CITAH+

Cross-Industry Transformation in Agriculture, Health, and Beyond

Duration: 2026 - 2029

2024

FIAT

Familien-basierte telemedizinische vs. Institutionelle Anorexia nervosa Therapie

Duration: 2024 - 2028

FloraGPT

KI- und Sensorik-gesteuerte Bewässerung mit benutzerfreundlicher Oberfläche für Torfersatz- optimierte Anbauverfahren.

Duration: 2024 - 2027

GAiST - Kasper

Aging happily with smart living technology

Duration: 2024 - 2026

2023

DAIsy

Developing AI ecosystems improving diagnosis and care of mental diseases

Duration: 2023 - 2025

THEBEA

Therapie-Begleitung und –Analyse für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie

Duration: 2023 - 2026

CITAH

Cross-Industry Transformation in Agriculture and Health

Duration: 2023 - 2025

2022

PROSurvival

Survival Prediction for Prostate Cancer Patients using Federated Machine Learning and Predictive Morphological Patterns

Duration: 2022 - 2024

INES

Effiziente Einleitung von Notfallinterventionen mit Hilfe intelligenter Notfallerkennungssysteme bei allein lebenden Senioren

Duration: 2022 - 2026

EXPERT

Extremitätenboards zur Prozessoptimierung, Evaluation, Risikominimierung und Therapieoptimierung bei Frakturen mit Weichteilschäden oder post-operativer Infektion der unteren Extremitäten im Traumanetzwerk

Duration: 2022 - 2025

EN:Alle Projekte aus dem Bereich Health

Publications

2026

A Digital Assistive System for Maintaining Nutrition and Mobility in Older Adults: Usability and Feasibility Findings From a Pilot Study

Foerster, Mareike and Timper, Marianne and Puhlemann, René and Quinten, Vincent and Diekmann, Rebecca; JMIR Form Res; May / 2026

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A telerobotic system for nursing care offering a realistic visual experience

Tschigor T., Kowalski C., Furuno E., Krahn T. und Hein A.; Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering 2026; 10 / 2026

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Ameca, leave me alone! – Designing Effective Privacy Indicators for a Humanoid Robot

Celia Nieto Agraz, Susanna Marie Spoerl, Andreas Hein and Marion Koelle; 2026

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As-Tra – User-Centered Development, and Evaluation of a Technical Assistance System for Older Adults to Sustainably Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity

Mareike Förster, René Puhlemann, Marianne Timper, Vincent Quinten, Rebecca Diekmann; Supporting Health by Technology Abstract Book; 06 / 2026

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Automated capture and transfer of human facial expressions to humanoid robots for realistic patient simulation

Schwarz, Patricia and Spanknebel, Sebastian and Immel, Diana and Hurlemann, Rene and Hein, Andreas and Hellmers, Sandra; Frontiers in Robotics and AI; 2026

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Development and iterative optimization of an independently usable assistance system to assess, maintain and improve the nutritional and mobility status of older adults: an iterative usability study

Foerster, M. , Happe, L., Quinten, V., Diekmann, R.; BMC Geriatrics; Januar / 2026

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Empowering Vulnerable Patients at Home: A User-Centered Platform for Natural Language-Driven Integration of Home and Clinical Health Data

Hoogestraat, Anna Thalea and Brandes, Bastian and Klein, Franziska and Schumacher, Anna and Hein, Andreas and Wulff, Antje; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Juni / 2026

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Exploring fNIRS-guided neurofeedback for supplementary motor area training in Parkinson’s disease and healthy older adults

Klein, Franziska and Lührs, Michael and Topp, Stefanie and Debener, Stefan and Witt, Karsten and Kranczioch, Cornelia; npj Parkinson's Disease; May / 2026

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Stakeholderorientiertes KPI-System zur Optimierung des Arbeitsprozesses in der Radverkehrsplanung

Schering, J. ; März / 2026

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Technical assistance system for monitoring mobility and nutrition of older adults for preventive care and healthy aging: A pilot study

M.Förster, V. Quinten, R. Puhlemann, M. Timper, R. Diekmann; WCAG International Conference Book; 07 / 2026

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EN: Alle Publikationen aus dem Bereich Health