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The German Federal Development Portal
The German Federal IT Cooperation (FITKO) develops the Federal Development Portal as a part of the IT Planning Council project “FIT-Connect the Federal”. This portal (source code licensed under the…
NEWSCreated: 01/06/2022
Check the new release of Vocbench, a platfom for managing and sharing reference data and controlled lists of codes and terms used to organise information
VocBench is a web-based, multilingual, collaborative development platform for managing and sharing reference data and controlled lists of codes and terms used to organise information. With persistent…
NEWSCreated: 30/09/2021
German health professionals will communicate with each other through the open source Matrix protocol
Gematik, the provider of digital solutions for the German health care system has chosen the open source Matrix protocol to underpin Germany’s new instant communication platform, which will be used by…
NEWSCreated: 06/08/2021
German private contract tracing app becomes open source after being procured by regional governments
One of the positive developments of COVID-19 was a readjustment toward the expectation that government developed apps using sensitive data should be made available as open source. The OSOR has…
NEWSCreated: 31/03/2021
Information about local society – and the pandemic
Integreat app helps people who are new in Germany to find their way to the job center, cheaper housing, or to see a doctor. During COVID, Integreat has added the official guidelines for preventing…
NEWSCreated: 29/01/2021
Detection and analysis of cancer improved by collaboration through an Open Source project
Researchers around the public German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have used the collaborative power of Open Source to build a decentralised tool analysing medical imagery while respecting strict data…
NEWSCreated: 17/12/2020
Germany trials X-Road to provide interoperable digital prescriptions
In times of COVID-19, trustworthy, interoperable public sector solutions are of special importance. Germany is trialing further digitisation of its healthcare and is relying on X-Road® data exchange…
NEWSCreated: 09/12/2020
Fight against Covid-19: Germany organised "We vs Virus" hackathon
From the evening of Friday 20/3/2020 to Midnight 22/3/22, Germany organized the WirVsVirus (WeAgainstVirus) hackathon (http://www.wirvsvirushackathon.org). This document has been written by our…
NEWSCreated: 24/03/2020
Germany’s Digital Summit focuses on eHealth
Digital healthcare services were one of the main topics at Germany’s Digital Summit, the successor to the National IT Summit. Digital developments are bringing enormous innovations to the healthcare…
NEWSCreated: 23/06/2017
German e-health working group reasserts focus on interoperability
Interoperability of e-health solutions is getting renewed attention from Germany’s health care organisations. Trouble with exchanging information between medical systems is hindering e-health reaching…
NEWSCreated: 13/11/2014
DE: Dental eID card is now available
Within a few days after the start of the first issue, 100 orders have already been received. The rapid success of the new card owes a lot to the contribution of the dentists of the federal state of…
NEWSCreated: 25/09/2013
European collaborative portal on Assistive Technologies and inclusive solutions
Launch of the European collaborative portal on Assistive Technologies and inclusive solutions There is a growing concern throughout Europe about the difficulties faced by the organisations involved in…
NEWSCreated: 14/06/2013