About 25 people working on the GeMTeX project met last week at the Albertina Library of Leipzig University to discuss the current status of the annotation work and the future use of the GeMTeX text corpus. Find out exactly what was discussed in the follow-up report....
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The GeMTeX project aims to create one of the largest corpora of German medical texts available. To this end, unstructured texts from clinical documentation will be made accessible for research and AI applications in compliance with data protection regulations by annotation. In this interview, medical students Marie-Sophie Polifka and Sarina Shams discuss their work as annotators in Leipzig and share how the project will benefit their future careers....
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In the new SMITH news series “A Look into the Data Integration Centers”, a Data Integration Center established within the SMITH Consortium of the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) will be presented on a monthly basis. In this issue, the Data Integration Center Halle presents its projects and services, explains how it is driving the digital transformation of healthcare, and outlines its vision for the future....
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As of March 2025, a total of 66,228 patients at university hospitals in the SMITH Consortium have given consent for their health data to be used for research since 2018. This means that the number of consents has increased sixfold since July 2022. This success has been made possible by the continuous expansion of the technical infrastructure and the associated processes....
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To ensure that the technical solutions and infrastructures developed in the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) benefit patients in the best possible way, their active involvement in MII projects is essential. The Digital Hub DISTANCE is setting a good example by involving the German Sepsis Help (Deutsche Sepsis-Hilfe e. V., DSH) as a patient organization in the project. In this interview, Astrid Wendlik, DSH board member and family member of a sepsis patient, talks about her experience with DISTANCE and her wish for more patient involvement in MII....
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