Institute within the scope of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
page title: DIMDI - Cooperation Partners
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DIMDI’s National and International Cooperation
Partners
DIMDI closely collaborates with other institutes of the BMG in
all areas, other federal and state authorities, as well as national
and international public organisations:
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ABDATA
Pharma-Data-Service
ABDATA Pharma-Data-Service
Manufacturer of ABDA databases (ABDA proprietary medicinal
products, ABDA interactions etc.)
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AWMF - Arbeitsgemeinschaft der
Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften
Association of the Scientific Medical Societies
The AWMF runs the electronic medicine journal, German
Medical Science (gms), with publications from all medical fields of
activity in cooperation with the German National Library of
Medicine (ZB MED) and DIMD
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BfArM - Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und
Medizinprodukte
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
BfArM is involved in the authorisation of medicinal products
and in the approval of clinical investigations/performance
evaluations of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic agents in
Germany. DIMDI is the technical platform for the AMIS databases of
the higher federal authorities for the authorisation of medicinal
products and cooperates with them by forming a national drug
information system according to § 67a AMG (PharmNet.Bund.de).
Furthermore DIMDI is the technical platform for applications for
approval of clinical investigations/performance evaluations for
medical devices and in vitro diagnostic agents and runs a database
for those clinical investigations/performance evaluations. BfArM
also supplies DIMDI with data concerning incidents with medical
devices in Germany. DIMDI informs the competent authorities of the
Federal States about current incident reports and manages a
database for them including all incidents.
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt
Federal Health Gazette
The monthly Federal Health Gazette - Health Research -
Health Protection covers all issues and areas with which the public
health service and the state health policy deal with. DIMDI has
been a member of the editorial advisory board for many years and
participates in the topic discussion, makes its own contributions
and coordinates main emphases concerning topics such as medical
classifications, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), medical
information systems and telematics in the health service.
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BPI - Bundesverband der pharmazeutischen
Industrie
German Pharmaceutical Industry Association
DIMDI closely cooperates with the BPI in the drug
information area.
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BVL -Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und
Lebensmittelsicherheit
The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
BVL is involved in the authorisation of medical products in
Germany. DIMDI is the technical platform for the AMIS databases of
the higher federal authorities for the authorisation of medical
products and cooperates with them by forming a national drug
information system according to § 67a AMG.
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DESTATIS
- Statistisches Bundesamt und statistische Landesämter
Federal Statistical Office
DIMDI advises the Federal Statistical Office on questions
concerning cause of death coding and trains the signers of the
statistical national office.
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Deutsche Cochrane Zentrum - Institut für
Medizinische Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik, Abteilung für
Medizinische Biometrie und Statistikder Universität Freiburg
German Centre of the Cochrane Collaboration, Institute for
Medical Biometry and Medical Computer Science, Department for
Medical Biometrics and Statistics, University of Freiburg
The Cochrane centre, as important database provider in the
area of evaluation of medical procedures and technologies, is one
of DIMDI’s closest cooperation partners.
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DIN - Deutsches Institut für
Normung
German Institute of Standardisation
Representatives of German interests in the supranational
standardisation
DIMDI cooperates with DIN on the NaMed sub-committee
“Terminologies and semantic Networks”.
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EMA - European Medicines Agency
DIMDI cooperates with the EMA in different telematics
projects to convert the goals of the European Union Commission and
is active in the following groups:
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- Telematics Management Committee:
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- Reference Data Model Group
- Working Group on Dictionaries (EUTCT) as well as the sub-groups
EUTCT Process sub-group (Process Definition Group) and EUTCT
Terminology
- Telematics Management Committee Security sub-working group with
industry (TMCsg) sub-group (EUTCT Terminology)
- Telematics Implementation Groups (TIG):
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- EudraNet TIG
- EudraPharm TIG (Database and Tracking)
- EudraVigilance TIG
- EudraCT TIG
- IT- Expert Group von EudraGMP
- eSubmission
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EUnetHTA -
European network for Health Technology Assessment
Supported by the EU Commission, this project will form the
cornerstone for the systematic exchange of information on Health
Technology Assessment enabling a stable European network to be
established. Some 36 HTA institutions from 27 European States are
represented here. DAHTA@DIMDI is a member of the steering group and
is furthermore responsible for the Communication and Clearing House
work package.
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HTAi - Health
Technology Assessment International
With over 2000 members from 35 countries HTAi is the
largest international HTA association. It is the successor to the
International Society for Technology Assessment in Health Care
(ISTAHC), dissolved in 2003. DAHTA@DIMDI is represented in the
association's executive committee.
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INAHTA -
International Network of Agencies for Health Technology
Assessment
The INAHTA is a network of international organisations,
sponsored by public funds, which carry out technological impact
assessment in health care. DIMDI is a member of INAHTA since
January 1999.
Furthermore, DIMDI is represented in the Steering Committee
of the Coordination and Development of Health Care Technology
Assessment in Europe (EUR-ASSESS), as well as in the Steering
Committee HTA-Europe.
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INSERM
- Institut nationale de la Santé et de la
Recherche médicale
Paris, France
National Institution of Health and Medical Research
INSERM provides DIMDI with the French translation of the
MeSH.
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IQWiG - Institut für Qualität und
Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen
Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care,
Cologne/Germany
IQWiG evaluates pharmaceuticals, surgical procedures,
diagnostic tests, clinical practice guidelines and aspects of
disease management programmes. The final reports of IQWiG are
included in the
DAHTA-Database of DIMDI, which includes
also the HTA reports by order of DIMDI and references and abstracts
of reports of other federal institutions (e. g. BAK, KBV) and
international HTA Agencies and Organisations (e.g. in Great
Britain, France, Canada). As IT platform DIMDI provides technical
support for the German IQWiG website www.gesundheitsinformation.de.
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ITA - Institut für
Technikfolgenabschätzung
Austria
Institute of Technology Assessment
There is a close information exchange between DIMDI and the
ITA of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (entity for HTA), in
particular, concerning the methodology of Health Technology
Assessment. Austrian experts are authors of HTA reports which are
published by DIMDI.
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KKG
- Kuratorium für Fragen der Klassifikationen im
Gesundheitswesen
National Board for Classification in Health Care
DIMDI discusses current questions concerning medical
classifications with health care representatives and cooperates
with them on the further development of classifications.
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MDS -
Medizinischer Dienst des Spitzenverbands der Krankenkassen e.V.
Medical Service of the Central Organisation of statutory
Health and Care Insurances
MDS consults the Central Organisation of statutory Health
and Care Insurances concerning health care and organizing public
health. It supports the cooperation of the Medical Services (MDK)
und their work. DIMDI is in contact with MDS concerning several
themes, e. g. classifications and databases (AMIS for MDS). Information about
the basic principles of the socio-medical assessment by MDK you can
find in the MDS database
SINDBAD.
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NLM - National
Library of Medicine
Bethesda, USA
NLM is not only a producer of significant medical databases
(MEDLINE etc.) and supporter of many innovative projects in the
field of information supply: DIMDI works together with the NLM as a
MEDLARS-Center (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System)
and is represented in the International MEDLARS Center Policy
Advisory Group (IMPAG).
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PEI
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
PEI is involved in the authorisation of medicinal products
and in the approval of performance evaluations of in vitro
diagnostic agents in Germany. DIMDI is the technical platform for
the AMIS databases of the higher federal authorities for the
authorisation of medicinal products and cooperates with them by
forming a national drug information system according to § 67a AMG
(PharmNet.Bund.de). Furthermore DIMDI is the technical platform for
applications for approval of clinical investigations/performance
evaluations for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic agents and
runs a database for those clinical investigations/performance
evaluations. PEI also supplies DIMDI with data concerning incidents
with high-risk in vitro diagnostic agents in Germany. DIMDI informs
the competent authorities of the Federal States about current
incident reports and manages a database for them including all
incidents.
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WHO -
Weltgesundheitsorganisation
World Health Organization
DIMDI's workings on the German-language version of the
ICD-10 are carried out keeping close contact with the WHO Centre in
Geneva. DIMDI continues to play a part in the maintenance of the
English and French original versions of the WHO. DIMDI was named
"WHO Collaborating Centre for the Family of International
Classifications" for German-speaking areas by the WHO in June,
2003.
DIMDI is represented in all work groups of the WHO
cooperation centers: Mortality Reference Group, Update Reference
Committee, Implementation Committee, Education Committee, as well
as Family Development Committee, and participates regularly in the
Annual Meetings of the WHO Cooperation Centres. Chairman of the
work group "Electronic Tools Committee" is Dr. Michael Schopen,
DIMDI. He also is in charge of the WHO Collaborating Centre at
DIMDI. Furthermore, DIMDI is represented in the National Expert
Group for the Harmonisation of the Indicator "Drug Related Death"
and in the planning committee of the "International Collaborative
Effort on Automating Cause of Death Statistics".
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WIdO - Wissenschaftliches Institut der
AOK
Research Institute of the Local Health Care Funds
DIMDI cooperates with the WIdO on the production of the
annually updated version of the official German ATC classification
with defined daily doses.
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ZB MED - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für
Medizin
German National Library of Medicine
The cooperation between ZB MED and DIMDI is tightly linked
in many areas. They cooperate on full-text offers, on several
databases and in the medical information group.
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Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im
Gesundheitswesen (ZEFQ)
German Journal for Evidence and Quality in Health Care
The further training character of the journal occupies a
forefront position; in the past years, the focus on the topics of
quality assurance and encouragement of quality in the health
service in addition to evidence-based medicine has been added.
DIMDI has been part of the editorial advisory board of the
journal since 2007, which is therefore also a publication forum for
the institute. DIMDI participates in the topic discussion and makes
its own contributions, with the main focus on assessment of medical
procedures and technologies (HTA) and information systems.
Furthermore, DIMDI also communicates qualified contributions from
experts from research and the health service.
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ZI - Zentralinstitut für die
kassenärztliche Versorgung
Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in
Germany
DIMDI made a cooperation contract with the Central Research
Institute concerning the maintenance and further development of the
international classification of diseases.
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ZLG - Zentralstelle der Länder für
Gesundheitsschutz
Central Office of States for Health Protection
DIMDI cooperates with ZLG in the scope of the information
system on medical devices and by forming a national drug
information system according to § 67a AMG.
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ZVFK - Zentrum für Versorgungsforschung
der Universität zu Köln
Centre for Health Services Research, Cologne
An important goal in the scope of the cooperation with the
ZVFK is the scientific investigation of relative effectiveness of
methods of treatment, procedures, guidelines and complex strategies
in health care. DAHTA@DIMDI works together with the ZVFK in this
area in order to examine the impact of HTA reports in Germany.