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Exchange and mutual contact are vital

"Electronic Reporting" workshop shows that the existing data must be considered in a differentiated manner

Group Photo Speakers Workshop Electronic Reporting 2010

The speakers and presenters of the workshop "Electronic Reporting", f.l.t.r.: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hoffmann (Univ. Greifswald), Dr. Klaus Kraywinkel (Robert Koch-Institut), Dr. Gabriele Sinn (Gesundheitsamt Berlin Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf), Dr. Tim Eckmanns (Robert Koch-Institut), Dr. Stefan Brockmann (Landesgesundheitsamt Baden-Württemberg), Dr. Sylvia Thun (DIMDI/IO), Frank Oemig (Agfa Healthcare/HL7), Dr. Mathias Hartung (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung), Dr. Matthias Frost (Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit), Dr. Heidi Wichmann-Schauer (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung), Prof. Dr. Lothar Kreienbrock (Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover), Dr. Charlott Meyer (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit), PD Dr. Franz J. Conraths (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut), Dr. Carolina Probst (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut), Sebastian C. Semler (TMF e.V.). © TMF e.V.

Exchange and the possibility of establishing direct contact between researchers and the relevant federal institutes and agencies is far more important than mere access to data from the reporting procedures in human and veterinary medicine. This was the conclusion reached by participants at the "Electronic Reporting" workshop hosted by the National Research Platform for Zoonoses held in Berlin on July 1 and 2, 2010. The event served to take stock of all reporting procedures in human and veterinary medicine and set itself the goal of evaluating the use of public use files (reported data that is available to scientists and the public). 

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