DIMDI - Deutsches Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information

DIMDI provides via internet high quality information for all health care areas. It develops and operates database-supported information systems for drugs and medical devices and is responsible for a programme that evaluates medical procedures and technology (Health Technology Assessment, HTA). DIMDI is the publisher of official medical classifications such as ICD-10-GM and OPS (German procedure classification) and maintains medical terminologies, thesauri, nomenclatures and catalogues (e.g. MeSH, UMDNS, Alpha-ID, LOINC, OID) that are important for health care telematics and other applications. DIMDI facilitates online access to its information systems and more than 60 databases covering the entire field of medicine. It also develops and maintains software applications and operates its own data processing centre.