Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses

A home for biomedical data

Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses of the Faculty of Medicine of the Masaryk University (IBA FM MU) is a research institute oriented to the research and education in the field of data analysis, ICT development, and management and methodology of clinical trials and syntheses.

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Komenda M, et al.

Data-driven decision-making in medical education and healthcare

Data rulezzz! 18 case studies based on good practice

Gregor J, Adir Y, Šterclová M, et al.

The Impact of Switching to a Second Antifibrotic in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Retrospective Multicentre Study From the EMPIRE Registry

Archivos de Bronconeumología 2024; 60(2): 80-87.

Komenda M, Jarkovský J, Klimeš D, et al.

Sharing datasets of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Czech Republic

PLOS ONE 2022;17(4):e0267397

Komenda M, Černý V, Šnajdárek P, et al.

Control Centre for Intensive Care as a tool for effective coordination, real-time monitoring, and strategic planning during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Medical Internet Research 2022;24(2):e33149

Májek O, Gregor J, Mogulkoc N, et al.

Survival and lung function decline in patients with definite, probable and possible idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treated with pirfenidone

PLoS ONE 2022; 17(9): e0273854.

Krejčí D, Karolyi M, Pehalová L, et al.

Development of the Czech Childhood Cancer Information System: data analysis and interactive visualization

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 2021;7(6):e23990

Pehalová L, Krejči D, Halámková J, et al.

Significant current epidemiological trend: Haematological malignancies as subsequent primary tumours in cancer patients

Cancer Epidemiology 2021;72:101929

Jarkovský J., Benešová K, Černý V. et al.

Covidogram as a simple tool for predicting severe course of COVID-19: population-based study

BMJ Open 2021;11:e045442

Komenda M, Bulhart V, Karolyi M, et al.

Complex reporting of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic in the Czech Republic: use of interactive web-based application in practice

Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020;22(5):e19367

$Heart rate as an independent predictor of long term mortality of acute heart failure patients in sinus rhythm according to their ejection fraction: data from the AHEAD registry$

Jarkovský J, Špinar J, Tyl B, et al.

Heart rate as an independent predictor of long term mortality of acute heart failure patients in sinus rhythm according to their ejection fraction: data from the AHEAD registry

European Journal of Internal Medicine 2020;78:88–94

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24 Jun

We presented our results at the SESAM 2024 Congress

The topic of data-driven decision-making was presented by the head of DDT IBA FM MU at the global conference of the European Society for Simulation in Medicine (SESAM). A digital poster with a presentation presented the experience with the introduction of data as an objective and valid basis for further decision-making in medical education at LF MU.

15 Nov 2023

MEFANET for the sixteenth time: Artificial intelligence in medical education, virtual reality and book launch

For the first time in history, the 16th MEFANET conference was held outside the Czech Republic in the Slovak Congress Hotel Centrum in Košice. The whole event was held in the spirit of artificial intelligence in medical education, virtual reality and there were also short presentations by regular participants about their improvement and modernization of teaching.

29 Mar 2023

A new book on COVID-19 infodemic

Over the past three years, not only has a wave of severe respiratory disease swept over virtually all of human civilization, but also a wave of vast amounts of information related to it. A new book by Václav Moravec and Ladislav Dušek deals with this phenomenon that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic and often caused more damage than the virus alone.

22 Mar 2023

Open data as one of the benefits of computerisation of healthcare

At the conference on computerisation of health care and telemedicine under the auspices of the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic, which was held in Brno, we presented and discussed the National Concept of Opening Health Data.

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iPAAC

The Innovative Partnership for Action Against Cancer (iPAAC) Joint Action brings together 24 partners across Europe whose main objectives are to build upon deliverables of the CANCON Joint Action and to implement innovative approaches to cancer control. The joint workplace of IBA FM MU and IHIS CR is mainly responsible for the management of the work package No. 2, i.e. communication and dissemination of results, but participates in other activities as well.

Cancer screening programmes

IBA FM MU provides background information for three cancer screening programmes: breast, colorectal and cervical cancer screening. This involves the collection of de-identified data and their statistical evaluation, which makes it possible to monitor the quality and impact of each of the screening programmes in the long term. The official websites Mamo.cz, Kolorektum.cz and Cervix.cz are integral parts of the above-mentioned background information. As for the evaluation of the programmes, IBA FM MU cooperates closely with the National Screening Centre of the IHIS CR.

EMPIRE

EMPIRE is an international registry of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Its objectives include the evaluation of epidemiology of this disease in Central and Eastern Europe, determination of basic patients’ characteristics, as well as monitoring of results of modern therapeutic approaches. IBA FM MU coordinates the project and provides the technological background for data collection from 50 centres located in 11 European countries, analytical outputs and data for research papers.

MEFANET

IBA FM MU is a member of the MEFANET (MEdical FAculties NETwork), which aims to build and to strengthen cooperation among medical faculties and healthcare faculties in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, particularly as regards the development in education using modern information and communication technology.

Medical Simulation Centre

The Medical Simulation Centre (SIMU) at the Faculty of Medicine of the Masaryk University will be a unique teaching facility where practical education of FM MU students will take place. IBA FM MU develops software for education support and helps with the introduction of a new form of clinical examination of students.

Computational Biology and Biomedicine

IBA FM MU guarantees the study programme Computational Biology and Medicine, which enables students to gain an insight into natural sciences and to apply methods of mathematical statistics, modelling and programming in the analysis and interpretation of biological and medical data.