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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......
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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 scientific research was the focus of the DISTANCE:PRO project retreat held on 16 and 17 December 2025 in the picturesque town of Freyburg at the Unstrut....
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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......
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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....
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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 plenary meeting on 11th November focused on the project’s progress....
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