Welcome to the 31st annual congress of the Swiss Society for Medical Informatics!

A warm welcome to the annual congress of our national society and to Swiss eHealth Summit!

De-identification of French medical narratives

In this work, a rule-based method for the de-identification of French free-text medical data using natural language processing (NLP) tools is presented.

From the lab to the field: the challenges of the take-off process for a bedside mobility app

The implementation of mobile phone apps for patient care in hospital settings requires careful consideration of many challenges. The authors developed and pilot-tested a mobile app to support nursing workflow at the bedside in their institution,

Automatic annotation of French medical narratives with SNOMED CT concepts

The preliminary annotation results are encouraging and confirm that semantic enrichment of patient-related narratives can be accomplished by hybrid NLP systems, heavily based on syntax and lexicosemantic resources.

Patientenflusssteuerung mittels elektronischer Ressourcenplanung und digitalem Wegleitsystem

Das Patientenaufkommen konnte durch die direkten Wegleitungen am Polischalter um über 50% reduziert und die Arbeitslast deutlich verringert werden.

Opioid dependence and the use of analgesics in a Swiss teaching hospital

A recent population study of Swiss insurance claims between 2006 and 2013 showed marked increases in the use of opioids and other analgesics.

Swiss Variant Interpretation Platform for Oncology (SVIP-O)

SVIP is an ambitious project to establish a Swiss one-stop shop for the interpretation of somatic variants, enabling faster and more robust prioritisation.

Inpatients suffering from alcoholism automatically identified by electronic phenotyping

The authors developed an algorithm that automatically detects stays of AUD patients in structured clinical data.

E-general consent: development and implementation of a nationwide harmonised interactive electronic general consent

The goal of this project is to develop the general consent process further for a more flexible and admission-independent electronic request.

Essais cliniques multicentriques: transparence et contrôle de la qualité grâce à la blockchain et aux systèmes multi-agents

Cette solution permettra d'augmenter la fiabilité des essais cliniques en assurant une dynamique fiable et sécurisée.