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09.04.2021

Doctors advocate the use of routine clinical data for medical research for the practical use of artificial intelligence in healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) and adaptive learning systems are creating completely new treatment methods in medicine. May it evaluating data, recognizing patterns or comparing symptoms. The increasing development goes hand in hand with enormous expectations for the progress of medical care. The University Hospital RWTH Aachen,...

05.03.2021

New scholarships for the Master’s program in Medical Data Science at the RWTH Aachen International Academy

This year, the RWTH Aachen International Academy announces the following scholarship offers for the postgraduate, part-time and interprofessional Master's program "Medical Data Science (M.Sc.)" for the winter semester 2021/22....

02.03.2021

University Hospital RWTH Aachen begins intervention phase in the Use Case HELP

On February 1, 2021, the first units of the University Hospital RWTH Aachen, which are involved in the HELP Study, have moved from the control phase to the intervention phase. The clinical Use Case HELP of the SMITH Consortium is dedicated to responsible antibiotic therapy...

26.02.2021

SMITH Online Closed Meeting | February 2021

On the 24 - 25 February 2021, the quarterly closed meeting of the SMITH Consortium took place. 131 project staff members and representatives of the consortium management discussed and agreed on the current project statuses in a two-day web conference. The preparations for the audit,...

23.02.2021

DVMD Focus on February 25, 2021: Lecture on the part-time Master’s program in Medical Data Science at RWTH Aachen University

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the development of new courses of study as part of the Medical Informatics Initiative to thus enabling the digital transformation of the healthcare sector to take place and to be staffed with qualified personnel. In...

14.12.2020

Improved analysis of treatment data in medical research

The HL7 FHIR standard data format defined by the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) is ideally suited for interoperable data exchange and storage. The possibilities for statistical analysis, on the other hand, are limited....

03.11.2020

Successful launch of RWTH Aachen University’s part-time master’s program in Medical Data Science (M.Sc.)

With 22 students, the part-time master's program in Medical Data Science (M.Sc.) under the scientific direction of Prof. Dr. Rainer Röhrig, Institute Director for Medical Informatics at RWTH Aachen University, was successfully launched at the RWTH International Academy in October. ...

09.09.2020

Explanatory video illustrates consent process and goals of Medical Informatics Initiative

The mission of the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is to make data captured during routine healthcare treatment available for medical research. This will enable improvements in treatment, diagnostics and prevention. ...

08.09.2020

Targeted antibiotic therapy: SMITH Consortium starts HELP Study at Jena University Hospital

The HELP App developed by the SMITH Consortium provides medical personnel rapid information and recommendations for responsible antibiotic therapy in staphylococcal bloodstream infections....

10.07.2020

German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) pledges support to SMITH Consortium

The German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) promotes practical as well as scientific progress in intensive and emergency medicine. With the Use Case ASIC, the SMITH Consortium makes an important contribution to this. In a Letter of Intent, DIVI now confirms...

Author: Cornelia Dolling