Ein Spaziergang mit Dorothee Bär

Gordon Repinski spaziert mit Forschungsministerin Dorothee Bär (CSU) durch das Berliner Regierungsviertel. Zwischen Ministeriumsbalkon und Charité erklärt Bär ihre Agenda: von Milliarden für die Ke…

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The right visualization changes everything! FitnessSyncer offers 20+ ways to visualize your health & fitness data — and we just added one: the Stream Graph.

Stream Graphs make it easy to spot trends across your data over time at a glance. If you're a Pro user, check out the Report Sampler to see it (and more) in action!

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#FitnessSyncer #HealthData #DataVisualization #FitnessTracking

WHO: New WHO database helps countries turn health data into better policy. “Health information systems are key to well-functioning health systems. That’s why WHO has just launched a new database designed to support policy-makers, experts and the public in countries across the WHO European Region to better understand and improve their health information systems and data governance. The […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/10/who-new-who-database-helps-countries-turn-health-data-into-better-policy/
WHO: New WHO database helps countries turn health data into better policy

WHO: New WHO database helps countries turn health data into better policy. “Health information systems are key to well-functioning health systems. That’s why WHO has just launched a new datab…

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@aproposnix i fully agree. But how can we build software tools and also devices, that are just that simple to use and are under our own control? I‘m in IT and unfortunately I haven‘t seen #foss software, that can compete on UX with the big players. You need to pay for the people desiging thing to be easy usable.
for me having my data under my own control is not that hard, but #healthdata is a real problem - even for the IT pros.
#DigitalSovereignty in #Europe seems to be most about cloud infrastrucre, but what about personal health tracking? Most wearables and apps run on US or Chinese backends. IMHO, that’s a problem. The data mining implications are serious, and I haven’t seen much talk about building European alternatives. Are people working on this, or is it just being ignored? Some #FOSS health apps exist, but they’re data silos. Maybe we need an ETL tool to pull it all together. #healthdata #askfedi

NEW: ASTP/ONC is going back to just "ONC." The name change also comes with a re-organization.

More on what that means for the nation's health IT:

https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/31/hhs-reorganizes-health-it-regulation-office-astp-onc/

#health #healthcare #medicine #healthIT #ASTP #ONC #HIE #healthdata #interoperability

HHS changes the U.S. health IT office’s name, and its purview

The Trump administration is changing the name of the federal health IT office back to the Office of the National Coordinator.

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​​What the EU Biotech Act delivers for Europe

Biotechnology drives cutting-edge medical innovation but is constrained by Europe’s fragmented regulatory landscape. The Biotech Act offers a critical opportunity to remove structural barriers, harmonize frameworks and accelerate patient access.

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