Summary This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on the German Medical Informatics Initiative. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research with about 150 million Euro in its currently starting development and networking phase this initiative has already a significant impact on the development of health information systems in Germany. In this Focus Theme two editorials introduce this initiative, one from the viewpoint of its funding institution and one from the initiative’s accompanying institutions. Then the initiative’s four consortia DIFUTURE (Data Integration for Future Medicine), HiGHmed (Heidelberg-Göttingen-Hannover Medical Informatics), MIRACUM (Medical Informatics in Research and Care in University Medicine), and SMITH (Smart Medical Information Technology for Healthcare) present their concepts and plans. For better readability their manuscripts all contain three major sections on governance and policies, on architectural framework and methodology, and on use cases. As the German Medical Informatics Initiative is a large national experiment, we are convinced that communicating on this initiative already at this early stage to an international audience is of importance.

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健康信息系统——从现在到未来？

摘要 本文是德国医学信息学倡议医学信息方法焦点主题的一部分。该计划由德国联邦教育和研究部资助约 1.5 亿欧元，目前正处于启动开发和网络阶段，已经对德国卫生信息系统的发展产生了重大影响。在本焦点主题中，两篇社论介绍了该倡议，一篇从其资助机构的角度，一篇从该倡议的配套机构的角度。然后，该倡议的四个联盟 DIFUTURE（未来医学数据集成）、HiGHmed（海德堡-哥廷根-汉诺威医学信息学）、MIRACUM（大学医学研究和护理中的医学信息学）和 SMITH（医疗保健智能医疗信息技术）展示了他们的成果概念和计划。为了更好的可读性，他们的手稿都包含三个主要部分：治理和政策、架构框架和方法以及用例。由于德国医学信息学计划是一项大型国家实验，我们相信，在早期阶段就向国际受众传达该计划非常重要。