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Why Switzerland needs a Swiss Trusted Research Environment

Research with sensitive data in Switzerland requires a Trusted Research Environment. In our new whitepaper we highlight how BioMedIT balances data access and security, offering insights into collaboration, federation, and trust-building for future-ready research. For groundbreaking health research, researchers need a Trusted Research Environment (TRE). It enables them to work with sensitive personal data while …

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How FHIR and SPHN could match up

In a two day workshop with experts from the Charité, Berlin, and our FAIR data team we explored possibilities to align SPHN concepts with the FHIR standard. SPHN  just started a new collaboration with our colleagues from the Charité hospital in Berlin, SPHN aims to align SPHN and FHIR, exploring how we can develop SPHN-specific …

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SPHN releases the newest version of the SPHN Semantic Interoperability Framework

The SPHN Semantic Interoperability Framework’s 2025.1 release brings targeted improvements, enhancing the current schema and offering broader, more detailed representation of genomic variants. The SPHN Semantic Interoperability Framework provides a common language, guidelines, and tools necessary to gather health data for research in a FAIR manner. This means data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. …

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SPHN updates legal template for responsible data sharing

SPHN has updated its legal agreement template. This version builds on experiences from multi-site project negotiations. It addresses key legal requirements, ensuring secure and transparent data sharing between contracting parties. The updated legal agreement template for data sharing and usage provides a comprehensive framework for the obligations of the participating parties. It consists of a …

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Strategic Collaboration between Swiss Digital Pathology Initiative and Swiss Personalized Health Network

SPHN teams up with the Swiss Digital Pathology Initiative. By integrating digital pathology data in the network, the initiatives aim to advance precision medicine in Switzerland. We are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration between the Swiss Digital Pathology Initiative (SDPI) and the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN).  Together, the two initiatives aim to advance …

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Data for Health: Strengthening the community of data-driven health in Switzerland

At the Data for Health symposium, SPHN and PHRT celebrated the achievements from the past eight years. With over 450 participants, the symposium was a great success. Data helps improve patient treatment. The SPHN and PHRT initiatives have laid the groundwork for hospitals to share health data at scale for multi-center studies. At the Data …

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Improved search and analysis options: SPHN launches a new cross-hospital data query tool

SPHN is introducing the SPHN Data Exploration and Analysis System (DEAS). It offers researchers improved tools for conducting data queries and feasibility studies. This platform will replace the current Federated Query System, which will be discontinued by December 2024. SPHN is expanding its data query capabilities with the new Data Exploration and Analysis System (DEAS). …

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Explore SPHN project metadata with the new SPHN Schema Scope

With this new SPHN metadata catalogue researchers can interactively visualize schemas and explore project metadata. It enables seamless navigation between datasets, improving  interoperability within the network of SPHN. Which projects use which data schemas? With the SPHN Schema Scope, the new metadata catalogue by SPHN, users can interactively visualize different schemas, and find and compare …

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Cantonal hospitals are joining the Swiss Personalized Health Network

The Swiss Personalized Health Network has announced the launch of a new program designed to integrate cantonal hospitals into the SPHN and BioMedIT network. This initiative aims to extend and standardize data delivery across Swiss healthcare institutions, to enable these hospitals to participate in multi-site personalized medicine research in the future. The cantonal hospitals participating …

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