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30.07.2021

Digital Hub DISTANCE of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) successfully launched

Since the middle of the year, the Digital ProgressHubs Health of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research have been continuing the pioneering work of the Medical Informatics Initiative. Since July 2021, the project team of the DISTANCE ProgressHub has been working on improving preventive...

21.07.2021

Welcome to the new website of the SMITH Consortium!

The website of the medical informatics consortium SMITH has been given a new look. After intensive conception and planning, the website presents itself with new visualization and revised content. ...

02.06.2021

SMITH Online Closed Meeting | May 2021

Again as web meeting, the SMITH quarterly closed meeting was held on the 26 - 27 May, 2021 with more than 100 participants. The head of the consortium, Prof. Dr. Markus Löffler and the SMITH office provided information on the current status of the consortium....

25.05.2021

SMITH at DMEA 2021

The Corona crisis has highlighted yet again the great potential of digital healthcare. Digital technologies, from telemedical applications to cross-practice and cross-clinic networking, are opportunities to provide patients with more comprehensive and effective care even beyond times of crisis. This year, DMEA - Europe's largest...

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. ...