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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....

16.01.2024

How data from clinical care can be used in practice | 5 Questions for… Dr Philipp Breitfeld, Head of the SMITH Junior Research Group BENEFIT

The "BENEFIT" Junior Research Group at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) is creating the framework conditions for making healthcare data usable. Find out more in the interview with junior research group leader Dr Philipp Breitfeld!...

19.12.2023

External Advisory Board strengthens the Digital Hub DISTANCE with interdisciplinary expertise

The External Advisory Board (EAB) of the DISTANCE Hub (Digital Smart Hub for Advanced Connected Care) consists of experts from various disciplines and institutions in the field of digital health and supports the project team in an advisory capacity. In regular meetings, the EAB provides...

08.12.2023

Perspectives on the further development of the Data Integration Centers | Last SMITH Closed Meeting 2023

t the end of November, around 50 employees from the SMITH Consortium met at the Albertina Library at Leipzig University for the last retreat of the year. The main topics were the practical use of routine clinical data and the technical status of the established...