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The External Data Working Group (WG) establishes the administrative and organizational framework for incorporating and linking data from external sources such as health insurance companies, registries, and other data-centric initiatives.

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

In the data integration centres (DIC) of the MII, health care data are to be made available for medical research in a data protection-compliant manner. During the consolidation and extension phase, the functionality of the DIC will be tested and further developed in new use cases of the MII. Eight…

Medical Informatics Initiative opens German Portal for Medical Research Data

German Federal Minister of Education and Research Wanka and Federal Minister of Health Gröhe are driving forward digital transformation in healthcare

Increasing life expectancy and the growing proportion of older people in industrialised countries mean that chronic diseases now account for more than 80 percent of the global disease burden. This results in new challenges for medicine: It is necessary to develop an optimised, multidimensional…

In Germany there are around 10,000 new cases of blindness every year, with 50 percent being caused by so-called age-related macular degeneration and 17 percent by diabetic retinopathy. "Intravitreal surgical drug application" (IVOM) is a common therapy for maintaining or improving vision in these…

National initiatives for health data infrastructures from Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands in the exchange

BMBF Medical Informatics Initiative: kick-off meeting for ADMIRE consortium

The health problems that can result from taking medications incorrectly are often underestimated. This can lead to repeated hospitalizations and increased treatment needs. Older people, who often have to take several medications at the same time, are particularly affected. In the INTERPOLAR Use…