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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. ...

09.09.2020

Explanatory video illustrates consent process and goals of Medical Informatics Initiative

The mission of the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is to make data captured during routine healthcare treatment available for medical research. This will enable improvements in treatment, diagnostics and prevention. ...

08.09.2020

Targeted antibiotic therapy: SMITH Consortium starts HELP Study at Jena University Hospital

The HELP App developed by the SMITH Consortium provides medical personnel rapid information and recommendations for responsible antibiotic therapy in staphylococcal bloodstream infections....

10.07.2020

German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) pledges support to SMITH Consortium

The German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) promotes practical as well as scientific progress in intensive and emergency medicine. With the Use Case ASIC, the SMITH Consortium makes an important contribution to this. In a Letter of Intent, DIVI now confirms...

01.07.2020

Use of the ASIC App is being expanded to intensive care units

Almost one year after the start of the control phase, the quality approvement strategy in the Use Case ASIC of the SMITH Consortium has been launched. For this the ASIC App will now be made available and used step by step on all participating intensive...

09.06.2020

SMITH at DMEA sparks 2020

The year 2020 offers a large number of challenges. With the spread of Covid19, DMEA 2020 has had to be moved to June this year. Instead of three days of exchange in the regular trade show environment, a digital format has emerged for June 16...

19.05.2020

ASIC App obtains CE marking as medical device

The early detection app for the clinical Use Case ASIC of the SMITH Consortium has obtained the CE certification. The application is therefore considered a class 1 medical device and can contribute to the early detection of acute lung failure....

14.05.2020

MII participates in cocos Initiative

Leading healthcare stakeholders have joined forces in recent weeks to form the cocos (Corona Component Standards) Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to establish uniform data formats and standards for interoperability for covid-related data and their aggregation....

27.04.2020

Agreement on nationwide patient consent

Data Protection Conference of the Federal Government and the States agrees to uniform model text for consent to research with pseudonymized patient data - milestone for Germany as a research location....

09.04.2020

RWTH Aachen International Academy supports young scientists

For the start of the postgraduate, part-time and inter-professional study program "Master of Science in Medical Data Science (M.Sc.)" on September 29, 2020, RWTH Aachen International Academy is announcing two scholarship offers for the promotion of young scientists. ...

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