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ToolPool Gesundheitsforschung – A Repository for Software and Services Focused on Supporting Clinical and Epidemiological Research

Studies in health technology and informatics, vol. 293, pp. 19–27

Abstract

The academic research environment is characterized by self-developed, innovative, customized solutions, which are often free to use for third parties with open-source code and open licenses. On the other hand, they are maintained only to a very limited extent after the end of project funding. The ToolPool Gesundheitsforschung addresses the problem of finding ready to use solutions by building a registry of proven and supported tools, services, concepts and consulting offers. The goal is to provide an up-to-date selection of "relevant" solutions for a given domain that are immediately usable and that are actually used by third parties, rather than aiming at a complete list of all solutions which belong to that domain. Proof of relevance and usage must be provided, for example, by concrete application scenarios, experience reports by uninvolved third parties, references in publications or workshops held. Quality assurance is carried out for new entries by an agreed list of admission criteria, for existing entries at least once a year by a special task force. Currently, 79 solutions are represented, this number is to be significantly expanded by involving of new editors from current national funding initiatives in Germany.

Authors 12

  1. Matthias Löbe corresponding

    Leipzig University

    Affiliation as printed

    Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Statistik und Epidemiologie (IMISE), Universität Leipzig, Germany

  2. RWTH Aachen University · Universitätsklinikum Aachen · Universitätsmedizin Greifswald · Universität Greifswald

    Affiliation as printed

    Institut für Community Medicine, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Germany

    Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany

  3. RWTH Aachen University · Universitätsklinikum Aachen

    Affiliation as printed

    Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany

    TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V., Berlin, Germany

  4. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Affiliation as printed

    TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V., Berlin, Germany

    Chair of Medical Informatics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

  5. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Affiliation as printed

    Chair of Medical Informatics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V., Berlin, Germany

  6. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Affiliation as printed

    TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V., Berlin, Germany

    Medizinisches Zentrum für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

  7. Heidelberg University · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · German Cancer Research Center

    Affiliation as printed

    Medizinisches Zentrum für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    CDPMI, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany

    German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

  8. Heidelberg University · German Cancer Research Center · Universitätsmedizin Göttingen · University of Göttingen

    Affiliation as printed

    CDPMI, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany

    German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

    Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany

  9. Universitätsmedizin Göttingen · University of Göttingen

    Affiliation as printed

    Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany

    LIFE – Leipziger Forschungszentrum für Zivilisationserkrankungen, Germany

  10. Leipzig University

    Affiliation as printed

    LIFE – Leipziger Forschungszentrum für Zivilisationserkrankungen, Germany

    Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Statistik und Epidemiologie (IMISE), Universität Leipzig, Germany

  11. Leipzig University

    Affiliation as printed

    Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Statistik und Epidemiologie (IMISE), Universität Leipzig, Germany

    TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V., Berlin, Germany

  12. Affiliation as printed

    TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V., Berlin, Germany

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