New bugfix versions of E-PIX, gPAS and gICS freely available
New bugfix releases for E-PIX, gPAS and gICS are available for free download. As usual, the release notes list details and included improvements. The release comes with the latest version of the TTP-FHIR Gateway, which also includes minor improvements. Have you discovered a possible error or unexpected behavior [...]
Tablet-based documentation of patients’ wishes – Presentation of the new gICS embedded mode at the TMF AG Datenschutz
As the title of this entry suggests, today's meeting of the TMF ‘Data Protection’ working group will demonstrate the possibilities offered by the new gICS Embedded Mode to enable user-friendly and simple documentation of patient consent in research projects and user sites. In other words, how can patient consent [...]
KDS Consent module in the DIZ dashboard: Recommendation for determining the number of consents for gICS users
As part of MII and NUM, the data integration centres provide the information required to determine core dataset-specific key figures for the DIZ dashboard. Among other things, this key figure determination is the basis for achieving special DIZ funding criteria. The determination of the key figures is triggered on [...]
Presentation of the Semantic Consent Code in the TMF Data Protection Working Group
At the last meeting of the TMF Data Protection Working Group, we presented the Semantic Consent Code, or SCC for short. The Semantic Consent Code: consists of semantic axes: Class, Action, Purpose, Actor. enables the description of consent documents regardless of their structure and form creates a flexible and [...]
THS Community Dialog on 30.01.2025
Since September 2020, we have been offering users of our tools and potentially interested parties a central point of contact to ask questions, understand the background and share experiences with other users. This THS Community Dialog forms the basis for the development of a joint FAQ in our community [...]
Updated FHIR specification for consent management available – Voting process runs until January 31, 2025
Background Initiated by recurring questions in the bvitg's Interoperability Forum and in the Medical Informatics Initiative, the Consent Management Working Group was formed as part of the Interoperability Forum to reconcile the current lack of interoperability of standards, formats and tools and to define a uniform FHIR-based profile for [...]
To close out the year, new versions of E-PIX, gPAS, and gICS are now available
At the end of the year, we are once again providing a new set of releases for the community. As usual, the release notes list details about new functionalities, general improvements and bug fixes. In E-PIX, in addition to minor bug fixes and the acceleration of the dashboard, additional [...]
New publication – Electronic consent in on-site pediatrics with gICS: Creating a dedicated facility and capturing consent data
Participation in clinical trials requires informed consent. This is particularly important when storing samples in biobanks for future research. In pediatric studies, consent must be obtained from both the child and the legal representatives, which requires multiple consents to be recorded simultaneously. Electronic consents have become increasingly popular due [...]
New versions of E-PIX, gPAS and gICS freely available
New releases for our solution modules E-PIX, gPAS and gICS are available for free download. As usual, the release notes list details of new functionalities, general improvements and bug fixes. In E-PIX, support for the automatic sending of notifications has been extended. In gICS, numerous improvements have been [...]
THS Community Dialogue on 17.10.2024
Since September 2020, we have been offering users of our tools and potentially interested parties a central point of contact to ask questions, understand the background and share experiences with other users. This THS Community Dialogue forms the basis for the development of a joint FAQ in our community [...]
GMDS 2024 in Dresden offers practical insights into the subject of data protection
The 69th GMDS annual conference took place in Dresden from September 8 to 11. Guided by the theme “Health - thinking, researching, acting together”, scientists from various disciplines were brought together at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden. The topic of data protection was strongly represented this time. It [...]
New bugfix version 2024.1.1 of gICS freely available
As of today, a small bugfix release of gICS (v2024.1.1) is available for free download for the community. The bugfix release comes with the latest version of the TTP-FHIR Gateway (v2024.2.0), which also includes minor improvements. Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback from the community, which we [...]
New publication – ‘#consented. A semantic consent code to facilitate consistent documentation and implementation of consent in collaborative medical research’
There are a number of challenges to overcome in the field of consent-based medical research. Due to the large number of national and international research initiatives, the content and structure of consent documents are usually project-specific. The documentation and semantic annotation of this consent information also generally follow different [...]
New versions 2024.1.0 of E-PIX, gPAS and gICS freely available
As of today, the latest releases of E-PIX, gPAS and gICS are available to the community for free download. Many thanks for the detailed feedback from the community, which we have taken into account in this release wherever possible.With the delivery of the JakartaEE-compatible version of FHIR HAPI, we [...]
Registry Days 2024: Joint presentation by UMG and RKI on ‘Record linkage in the research network and in national projects’
The Registry Days 2024 took place in Berlin from 16.05.-17.05.2024. The organizer was the Technology and Methods Platform for Networked Medical Research (TMF e. V.). The University Medicine Greifswald (Christopher Hampf) and the Robert Koch Institute (Anna Lübbe) were invited to take a closer look at the topic of [...]