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Building the Infrastructure for the German Medical Text Corpus Project (GeMTeX).
Jakob Faller1, Christina Lohr2, Martin Boeker3
1Medical Center for Information and Communication Technology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|May 17, 2025
Summary
The German Medical Text Project (GeMTeX) surveyed institutions on clinical document standards, tools, and privacy. Findings informed infrastructure development for this large German-language medical text effort.
Area of Science:
- Medical Informatics
- Natural Language Processing
- Health Data Management
Background:
- The German Medical Text Project (GeMTeX) is a significant initiative for German-language clinical documents.
- Understanding institutional differences is crucial for developing a unified project infrastructure.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the diverse starting points of institutions participating in GeMTeX.
- To gather information on standards, annotation tools, privacy, and data availability.
- To inform the establishment of the project's infrastructure.
Main Methods:
- A survey was conducted among participating institutions.
- The survey focused on key aspects: standards, annotation tools, privacy, and document availability.
- Responses were summarized to understand institutional variations.
Main Results:
- Variations in standards, annotation tools, privacy policies, and data availability were identified across institutions.
- The survey provided a clear overview of the different institutional starting points.
- This data is essential for harmonizing efforts within GeMTeX.
Conclusions:
- The survey results are foundational for establishing the GeMTeX project infrastructure.
- Addressing identified variations is key to successful project integration and data utilization.
- The findings facilitate a coordinated approach to managing German-language clinical texts.
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