Secure access to patient data is becoming of increasing importance, as medical informatics
grows in significance, to both assist with population health studies, and patient specific …

Data integration and exchange are becoming more crucial with the increasing amount of
distributed systems and ever-growing amounts of data. This need is also widely known in …

Objective: To (1) demonstrate the implementation of a data science platform built on open-
source technology within a large, academic healthcare system and (2) describe two …

Many healthcare organizations are now making good use of electronic health record (EHR)
systems to record clinical information about their patients and the details of their healthcare …

Introduction: This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on
the German Medical Informatics Initiative. HiGHmed brings together 24 partners from …

An abundance of statistical and scientific data exists in the area of clinical and
epidemiological studies. Much of this data is distributed across regional, national and …

There has been an unprecedented generation of healthcare data at clinical practices. With
the availability of advanced computing frameworks and the ability to electronically mine data …

The conduct of multicenter studies in the field of radiation therapy and oncology is one of the
key prerequisites for stimulating translational research and accelerating the application of …

Cooperation of research groups is nowadays common for the development and execution of
biomedical analyses. Multiple partners contribute data in this context, data that is often …

Patient centered healthcare delivery is an inherently collaborative process. This involves a
wide range of individuals and organizations with diverse perspectives: primary care …