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05.11.2026
GeMTeX Project a Success: Over 20,000 Annotated Documents Now Available for Medical Research

Making clinical documents from patient care usable for research in compliance with data protection regulations: The team at the MII GeMTeX Methods Platform has been working intensively toward this goal over the past three years. At the final meeting on October 19 and 20, 2026, in Leipzig, approximately 20 project team members gathered to consolidate the results, prepare scientific publications, and take stock of the project....
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21.10.2026
Data Integration Centers: Advancing and Shaping Medical Research in Germany

About 70 staff members and directors of the Data Integration Centers gathered last week for two days at the Design Offices in the "Alte Post" in Leipzig. Under the motto “From Further Development to Co-Creation,” the Data Integration Center workshop focused on cross-site exchange, shared challenges, and the further development of collaboration....
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16.09.2026
New Certificate Course: “Conducting Research with Data from Routine Clinical Care”

MII Academy participants can now earn continuing education credits upon completion of the certificate course “Conducting Research Using Data from Routine Clinical Practice”....
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10.08.2026
The Surrogator: Using Clinical Documents for Research While Protecting Patient Privacy

To strike an appropriate balance between data protection, data quality, and the scientific usability of clinical texts, the GeMTeX team has (further) developed the open-source tool “Surrogator.” In this interview, Christina Lohr explains why the tool is important for research involving clinical texts and how it works....
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01.07.2026
Advancing the Use of Clinical Texts for Research and Artificial Intelligence

From June 22 to 23, 2026, GeMTeX project staff gathered at the TUM University Hospitel rechts der Isar for an internal large language model (LLM) workshop and plenary meeting. The meeting was held to discuss the project’s current progress and prepare for the final phase of work....
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Event Dates

October 29 – 30, 2026

33. GAA-Jahrestagung 2026

Venue: LMU University Hospital

November 19 – 20, 2026

INTERPOLAR Day

Project internal meeting

Venue: Albertina University Library Leipzig

November 23 – 24, 2026

DISTANCE PRO General Assembly

Project internal meeting

Venue: Aachen

Further Information

Flyer Information & Overview SMITH Consortium

Fact Sheet Medical Informatics Initiative

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The Patient Consent Form of the Medical Informatics Initiative

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