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15.10.2024

A Look Inside the Data Integration Centers: The Jena Data Integration Center as a Central Interface for Patient Care, Biomedical Research and IT

In the new SMITH News series "A Look Inside the Data Integration Centers", each month a Data Integration Center established within the SMITH Consortium of the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) will be presented. The Data Integration Centers, which were initially established at university medical centers,...

04.10.2024

GeMTeX creates first standard for de-identification of German medical documents

The GeMTeX team has reached a significant milestone: Researchers from the University Hospitals of Leipzig and Erlangen have, for the first time, published annotations for a text corpus that serve as a template for the de-identification of German-language medical texts. This lays the groundwork for...

Gruppenfoto der Mitglieder der SMITH-Klausurtagung

30.09.2024

Enhanced Networking for Better Medical Research | 3rd SMITH Closed Meeting September 19-20 in Leipzig

Looking beyond the borders of the SMITH Consortium: Last week, consortium members met for a closed meeting at the Albertina Library of the Leipzig University to discuss the latest developments in the SMITH Consortium and the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII). The focus was on cross-MII...

27.09.2024

INTERPOLAR studies to improve medication safety enter practical phase | 6th INTERPOLAR Day in Leipzig

This autumn, the first IT solutions to improve medication safety will be introduced in the participating university hospitals as part of the INTERPOLAR studies. To discuss the final steps towards the start of the studies, the project team met on 18 and 19 September for...

06.08.2024

SaveTheDate: MII-Symposium 2024

This year's symposium of the Medical Informatics Initiative will take place in Berlin on December 10, 2024. The motto is Use data, strengthen research, improve care - our path to the European Health Data Space. Participation in the event is free of charge. Registration is...

04.07.2024

A Data Integration Center as a Service Facility for Research | 5 Questions for Petra Gröber, Project Manager at the University Medical Center Rostock

To make healthcare data available for research, the SMITH Consortium has established seven Data Integration Centers. Three additional university medical partners are currently establishing a Data Integration Center, including the University Medical Center Rostock (UMR). There, Petra Gröber is responsible for the development. In the...

27.06.2024

NUM 3.0: New Research Ideas Welcome!

The current funding phase of NUM ends on 30.06.2025. Preparations are therefore now beginning for the planned next funding phase. The process for developing project outlines for cooperative research projects in the Network of University Medicine (NUM) will start on Monday, July 1, 2024 in...

23.05.2024

Ready for the annotation work | 5th GeMTeX Plenary Meeting on May 15 and 16 in Leipzig

The GeMTeX project team started its work almost one year ago. Last week, more than 40 members met at the Albertina Library of the Leipzig University to discuss the milestones achieved so far and to plan the upcoming annotation work, which is scheduled to start...

13.03.2024

Preparing the Infrastructure of the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) for the Future | 1st SMITH Closed Meeting on March 5-6, 2024 in Leipzig

About 45 members of the SMITH Consortium met on March 5 and 6, 2024, at the Albertina Library of the Leipzig University for the first SMITH Closed Meeting of the year. In addition to current progress on the establishment of the Data Integration Centers, the...

29.02.2024

Unleashing joint potential for improved regional care | Status seminar of the Digital Hubs on February 28, 2024 in Leipzig

Opportunities, challenges, solutions and the future of the Digital Hubs of the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII): This was the topic of yesterday's Digital Hubs networking meeting at the Albertina Library in Leipzig....