Back From The OpenClinica German Users Group Meeting

Last month, OpenClinica users throughout Germany converged in Berlin for the very first German OpenClinica Users Group Workshop entitled: OpenClinica – an Open-Source Clinical Data Management System for Clinical and Translational Research. This was held at the TMF (Technology, Methods, and Infrastructure for Networked Medical Research) facility.

Brought about by the efforts of Matthias Löbe, the goals of the workshop were to gain experience, insight, and give back to the strong community of OpenClinica users in Germany. Löbe offered the following insight when asked about his motivations for organizing this group:

“It turns out that there are many locations throughout Germany with OpenClinica experience along with many developing adaptations or extensions. But so far, none of the 70 registered workshop participants knew of the activities carried out by others. The workshop has opened a whole new perspective.”...