From January 1st, 2021, Germany is a member state of SNOMED International. The medical terminology makes it possible to clearly map medical terms in different computer systems internationally. SNOMED CT thus creates the prerequisite for the electronic exchange of health data. From January 1st, 2021…
The Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) has created an overview of ongoing local COVID-19 research projects at MII sites in and beyond Germany, based on a survey conducted between April and May 2020.
German federal and state data protection conference has approved a standardised template document for patient consent to the use of their pseudonymised data for research – a milestone for Germany as a centre of science and research
Berlin, 14/05/2020. Over recent weeks, leading German healthcare players have joined forces to form the Corona Component Standards (cocos) Initiative. The goal is to create harmonised data formats and standards – to ensure interoperability of COVID-19-related data and to enable their aggregation.