Head of eHealth Competence Center
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Personal Data Birth date: October 1, 1947 |
Location
| Room: | Building D3, Room 4.18 |
| Phone: | +49 941 944 6769 |
| Fax: | +49 941 944 6766 |
| Address: | University of Regensburg Medical Center eHealth Competence Center, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany |
| Email: | bernd.blobel@klinik.uni-regensburg.de |
Study and education
- Goethe High School, 1964
- Special Class for Mathematics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 1966
- Technical Cybernetics and Electrical Engineering (speciality Electronics), Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 1971
- Informatics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 1971
- Biocybernetics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 1974
- Physics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 1975
- Biometry and Medical Informatics, Academy for Medical Further Education Berlin, 1985
- Educational Theory at University Level, 1989
Graduations
- Master in Technical Cybernetics and Electrical Engineering, Specialty Electronics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 1971
- Diplom Engineer, Electronics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 1973
- Master in Physics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 1975
- Doctorate in Physics (PhD), Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 1976
- Certificate in Medical Informatics, German Medical Informatics Association, 1993
- Confer qualification as a university professor for Medical Informatics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 2001
- Associate Professor for Medical Informatics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 2001
Professional Life
- Environmental Informatics, Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Head of Laboratory
- Health Informatics, Medical Informatics Department, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Founder and Head of Department, Director of the Institute for Biometry and Medical Informatics, University Hospital CIO
- Health Telematics Project Group, Fraunhofer Society, Institute for Integrated Circuits Erlangen, Founder and Head
- eHealth Competence Center, University of Regensburg Medical Center, Founder and Head
Awards and Honors
- Students’ Award, Ministry for Higher Education, 1968
- Poster Award, German Medical Informatics Association, 1995
- Europe’s second-best Health Telematics Application 2000, Medical Informatics Europe Award 2000
- Fellow of the Czech Medical Informatics Association, 2004
- Fellow (International Associate) of the American College of Medical Informatics, 2004
Professional Society Memberships
- German Professional Association for Medical Computer Scientists (BVMI)
Editorial Experience
- Editorial Board – International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2001-2004
- Referee for Medical Informatics Europe, 1990, 1991, 1993-2005
- Referee for MEDINFO
- Referee for GMDS
- Referee for IFIP
- Referee for different other international journals and conferences
- Editorial Board – Forum der Medizin Informatik
Participation in Standards Groups
- CEN ISSS eHealth Standardization Focus Group, Chair
- CORBA, Past-Chair Security and Cards
- Health Level Seven (HL7); Security & Accountability TC, Co-Chair; Personnel Management TC, Past-Co-Chair
- Health Level Seven Germany, Past-Chair
- ISO TC 215 Health Informatics
- CEN TC 251 Health Informatics
- ASTM E31
- DIN FG Medical Informatics, Chair Security Group
Scientific Associations
- German Reference Centre for Electronic Health Records (PROREC-DE), Chair
- European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), Council Member; WG “Electronic Health Records”, Chair; WG “Security, Safety and Ethics”, Re-Founding Chair
- International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), WG “Security in Health Information Systems”, Co-Chair and EFMI Representative
- German Medical Informatics Association (GMDS), WG “Standards for Communication and Interoperability”, Chair, WG “Data Protection in Health Information Systems”, Co-Chair (until 2005)
- German Society for Mathematical and Physical Biology (until 1989)
Further Obligations
- UNESCO World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR), Co-Chair Health Commission
- Research and Development Institute for Health and Social Affairs Saxony-Anhalt, Founder and Board Member
- Advisor of the German Federal Ministry for Health and Social Affairs on health telematics
- Expert of the German Federal Ministry for Health and Social Affairs for the German Health Telematics Platform, especially for its architectural framework and security infrastructure
- External Advisor of the Australian HealthNet project
- External Advisor of the Danish EHR Observatory
- Advisor of German States on health telematics (e.g. Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bavaria)
Working Areas
- Medical documentation, classifications and terminology
- Clinical and epidemiological registries
- Electronic Healthcare Record Systems
- Health Information Systems Architecture
- Middleware concepts, CORBA
- Component Systems
- Communication standards, HL7, XML
- System modelling, (object-oriented, entity relationship, workflow)
- Analysis and design, UML methodology
- Security, safety, quality in Health Informatics
- Security infrastructure and policies
- Authorisation, access control and decision support, modelling and implementation
- Legal aspects in Health Informatics
- Health networks, Telemedicine, Internet
- User behaviour, ergonomics