Launch of the “Zentrales Studienregister” at University Hospital Erlangen
Within the cooperative effort between the Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN (CCC EMN), the Medical Information and Communication Center of the University Hospital Erlangen and MIRACUM, the "Zentrales Studienregister" was launched recently. W
MIRACUM @ MEDICA 2019
This year the MEDICA again took place in Düsseldorf from 18th to 21st November. Visitors to the largest international medical trade fair were able to inform themselves about the Medical Informatics Initiative and the individual consortia at the
Presentation of the MII Demonstrator Study at the AMIA 2019 Annual Symposium
While Chancellor Merkel mentioned at the “Digitalklausur” of the German Government that there is still lots of work ahead and that we must make better use of our data, Prof. Dr. Thomas Ganslandt (Professor of Medical Informatics at the Mannhe
A warm reunion with MIRACUM’s International Scientific Advisory Board in Eltville
On 6th/7th October 2019 we were happy to welcome our International Scientific Advisory Board members Richard Frackowiak, Arie Hasman, Lisa McShane, George Hripcsak and Ahmet Zehir to Eltville, where they joined the Steering Board and Use Case Lea
In Focus: Strengthening the Training of Medical Data Scientists
In an interview in Sysmex’ company magazine Xtra, Prof. Dr. Thomas Ganslandt (professor of Medical Informatics at the Mannheim Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg) describes the potentials of re-using routine clinical data for resea
MIRACUM Summer School 2019 – once again a great experience
After the successful start in Alsace (France) last year, the second MIRACUM Summer School took place from 22 – 26 September 2019 in the Marburger Haus in Kleinwalsertal coordinated by Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen. Under the motto “The dif
MIRACUM and the MII in the German Physicians Journal “Deutsches Ärzteblatt”
The current issue of the journal "Deutsches Ärzteblatt" (German Medical Journal) dedicated an extensive article to the Medical Informatics Initiative. In addition to an overview of the goals of the initiative, it also presents the four consortia
New member of the i2b2/tranSMART Foundation
MIRACUM is proud that Prof. Dr. Thomas Ganslandt from University Medicine Mannheim has been elected as a new member of the i2b2/tranSMART Foundation. The i2b2 and tranSMART platforms play an important role for the consortium as research repositories
“Else Kröner-Fresenius Centre for Digital Health” at MIRACUM site Dresden
Over the next ten years, the MIRACUM site in Dresden will receive a total of 40 million euros for the establishment of the Else Kröner-Fresenius Centre for Digital Health. In addition to the University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Dresden, the a
Successful MIRACUM workshop at GMDS 2019
In a dedicated MIRACUM workshop as part of the GMDS 2019 conference program the MIRACUM team presented its current status and development plans of DIZ components. The presentations focused on the general DIC concept, the XNAT research image reposito
