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Despite efforts to develop models for extracting medical concepts from clinical notes, there are still some challenges, in particular, to be able to relate concepts to dates. The high number of clinical notes written for each single patient, the use of negation, speculation, and different...

The BigMedilytics project held virtually the fifth consortium meeting on the 10th of December 2020 to review the progress and achievements of the project so far and align on the next tasks during this upcoming period. Despite the many challenges of the last year, the 35...

Stroke care, particularly in ischemic (thrombotic) events, is time-sensitive. Early identification and appropriate management in the initial hours after the event are associated with lower morbidity and mortality as well as a reduction in healthcare costs. According to the European Heart Network, the annual economic costs of...

Randomised controlled trials (RCT) in chronic heart failure (CHF) usually have a select patient population, where women and those with multi-morbidity are often underrepresented. Therefore, the use of big data is becoming increasingly more popular in epidemiological research to better cover the heterogeneity. Health insurance...

The science prize of Responsible Research (Forschung in Verantwortung) awarded by the organization Stifterverband with the recommendation of the Leibniz Association, has recognized the research conducted by Prof. (Univ. Simon Bolivar) Dr. Maria-Esther Vidal and the members of the Scientific Data Management group at TIB....

The BigMedilytics project was widely represented at the European Big Data Value Forum 2020 that took place virtually between the 3rd and the 5th of November 2020 under the theme “Building a strong European Data and AI Ecosystem”. The project was one of the sponsors...