Universities envision the expansion of digital infrastructure for medical data –above and beyond the goals of BMBF’s Medical Informatics Initiative

21 April 2017. At a presentation of a paper describing Germany’s university hospitals and medical centres’ initiative for integrated electronic patient records, Professor D. Michael Albrecht, Chairman of VUD (Verband der Universtitätsklinika Deutschlands – the German Association of Academic Medical Centers), underscored: “Research-compatible, integrated electronic patient records, developed under the leadership of the university hospitals, could herald a new era for research and healthcare in Germany.”