German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information
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German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information |
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| State level | Federation |
| legal form | unincorporated federal agency |
| Supervisory authority | Federal Ministry of Health |
| founding | 1st September 1969 |
| resolution | May 26, 2020 |
| Headquarters | Cologne |
| Authority management | Dietrich Kaiser |
| Servants | 150 (2019) |
| Budget volume | 14.84 million EUR (2019) |
| Web presence | www.dimdi.de |
The German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information ( DIMDI ) was a subordinate authority of the Federal Ministry of Health . It was founded in 1969 with its headquarters in Cologne . One of his tasks was to make current information from the entire field of human medicine and dentistry easily and quickly accessible to the professionally interested public . In addition, DIMDI played a key role in the development of the globally recognized classification system for medical diagnoses, the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD). The DIMDI was also the publisher of German versions of medical classifications and kept national registers and a. to clinical studies and legal pharmaceutical mail order companies. It went up in 2020 in the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices .
Medical classification and nomenclature systems
The organization is the publisher of the German-language versions of medical classifications such as ICD-10 , ICF , OPS and ATC , of thesauri and nomenclatures such as MeSH and UMDNS, as well as other systems of terms ( Alpha-ID , LOINC , object identifiers [OID]) that are used for the electronic data exchange are important in healthcare.
The ICD-10-GM and OPS classifications issued by DIMDI form an important basis for the G-DRG flat-rate remuneration system , which is provided by the Institute for the Hospital Remuneration System (InEK) and used in inpatient care. Both classifications are subject to a complex maintenance process based on a proposal process currently carried out annually under the leadership of DIMDI.
In 2003, the World Health Organization appointed DIMDI as a Collaboration Center for the Family of International Classifications . The classifications include the ICD, ICF and ICD-O (tumor diseases). Thus, for example, DIMDI was significantly involved in the development of the 11th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).
Database-supported information systems for the health sector
The institute operates special information systems for pharmaceuticals , medical devices and health technology assessment (HTA) as well as an information system for research purposes with supply data from statutory health insurance. It brings together the routine data of the statutory health insurance companies and keeps them ready for scientific health services research. At DIMDI, consumers can search for current fixed prices for medicinal products and suitable comparator products.
National registers
In addition to these topics and with a focus on health care and medicine, the range of information has been steadily expanded with the growing tasks. The DIMDI provides a mail order register on its website. This enables consumers to check which mail-order pharmacies or other retailers have an official shipping permit for Germany.
In the German register of clinical studies , patient-oriented clinical studies carried out in Germany are registered. The DRKS serves as a central contact point for the public: Patients receive an up-to-date overview of clinical studies carried out in this country.
Sperm Donor Register
Since July 1, 2018, DIMDI has been working on the basis of the “Law to regulate the right to knowledge of parentage in the case of heterologous use of semen” (SaRegG) passed in July 2017 . also managed the new sperm donor register in Germany. In the register, data on sperm donors and recipients of sperm donations are documented and stored for 110 years. Children from the age of 16 can get information about their parentage via the register. DIMDI provides this information and informs the donor about it.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The organizational structure of DIMDI. DIMDI, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ 2019 - Issues - German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information. In: Federal Budget Section hrsg = Federal Ministry of Finance . Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
- ^ History of DIMDI. DIMDI, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ a b ICD-11. 11. Revision of the WHO ICD. DIMDI , accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Fixed drug amounts and exemption from co-payments. In: www.dimdi.de. DIMDI, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Mail order register. DIMDI, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ DRKS - German Clinical Trials Register. DIMDI, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Sperm Donor Register. DIMDI, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .