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13.01.2026

A Look into the Data Integration Centers: Implementing Medical Research Projects in a Low-Threshold and Secure Way with the Aachen Data Integration Center

In the SMITH news series “A Look into the Data Integration Centers”, the Data Integration Centers established within the SMITH Consortium of the German Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) are introduced. Originally established at university medical sites, the Data Integration Centers enable secure and data protection-compliant...

Ein Gruppenfoto des DISTANCE:PRO-Teams in Freyburg an der Unstrut.

17.12.2025

Making Meaningful Use of Routine Data from Regional Healthcare: DISTANCE:PRO Defines the Next Steps

A large proportion of medical data is generated every day in the routine care provided by regional hospitals. Its potential for research is enormous, yet it remains largely untapped. How such data can in future be structured, used securely, and made available across sectors for...

03.12.2025

Medical data and biosamples from a single source: How the Data Integration Center and the Halle Biobank jointly connect healthcare and research

5 Questions for… Dr. Daniel Tiller and Dr. Melanie Zinkhan Since 2022, the Data Integration Center and the Biobank at University Medicine Halle have been collaborating to support medical research at the site. Meanwhile, more than 10,000 patients in Halle have consented to the use of...

27.11.2025

A Look into the Data Integration Centers: Near Real-Time Data Provision at the University Hospital Bonn

In the eighth part of our Data Integration Center series, the team at the Bonn Data Integration Center demonstrates how a flexible organizational structure can enable automated, near real-time data provision from clinical care for research purposes....

18.11.2025

Harnessing the Potential of AI Language Models in Clinical Practice

Around 50 GeMTeX project members and additional participants from research, clinical practice, and informatics gathered in Munich on 10th November 2025 for the fourth Large Language Model (LLM) Workshop to exchange insights on current developments and applications of language models in medicine. The subsequent GeMTeX...

24.10.2025

4th Large Language Model Workshop on November 10, 2025, in Munich – Register Now!

The GeMTeX project team invites you to a workshop on Large Language Models (LLMs), taking place on November 10, 2025, in the Main Lecture Hall of the Klinikum rechts der Isar / Technical University of Munich. Take this opportunity to engage with experts from clinical practice,...

22.10.2025

Master’s thesis topics at the intersection of pharmacy, computer science, and data science available

Are you studying medical informatics, computer science, data science, pharmacy, or a related field and looking for a clinically relevant topic for your master’s thesis? The INTERPOLAR project of the Medical Informatics Initiative is now offering five master’s theses that link research and clinical application. The...

06.10.2025

INTERPOLAR Studies on Medication Safety Enter Second Phase

From September 23 to 24, around 44 experts from clinical practice, pharmacy, and IT met in Leipzig for the 11th INTERPOLAR Day to discuss the current status and next steps of the INTERPOLAR project. ...

02.09.2025

Results from DISTANCE: Successful Networking of Patient Data from Regional Healthcare for Research

The DISTANCE Digital Hub is nearing the end of its first funding phase. More than 30 project staff members met in Düsseldorf to mark the conclusion of the project....

11.08.2025

A Look into the Data Integration Centers: Automated Tumor Documentation and Smarter Data Queries at the Data Integration Center Essen

The Data Integration Center at the Essen University Hospital has been part of the SMITH Consortium since 2018 and is now a permanent component of the hospital’s care-oriented IT infrastructure. ...