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Last November the BigMedilytics project published a report under the title Initial prototypes of specific components for all BigMedilytics pilots, to present a first comparison between the different pilot developments within the project. A new document addresses an update of the specific components to create...

The BigMedilytics project was presented at the '2nd Big Data for Precision Medicine Symposium (BDPM 2019)' at Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC) on Tuesday 4th of June 2019 in Cordoba, Spain. Alexandra Muñoz, science communicator at INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute in Spain,...

Professor Dr. med. Klemens Budde, from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, was invited by the European Commission to speak as an expert in a workshop on Data Donation for Health Purposes on the 24th of May in Luxembourg. During his statement, Prof. Dr. med. Klemens Budde...

The increase of frequency of events such as hospitalization and mortality is influenced by the presence of two or more Chronic Diseases and Conditions (CDCs). In fact, CDCs are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in Europe representing the 86 % of all deaths,...

According to UN Women, less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women. With too few women in decision making roles and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) jobs, the gender gap in STEM will have deep implications for the future of the global economy. On the...

The diversity in health systems, legislation, governance structures, and public opinions makes it difficult to take decisions about where and how to invest in big data technologies. In order to respond to these issues, the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management has developed eight country-specific infographics...