OBJECTIVES: Healthcare processes typically generate an enormous volume of patient information. This information largely represents unexploited knowledge, since current hospital operational systems (e.g., HIS, RIS) are not suitable for knowledge exploitation...
Keywords: Databases, data collection, integrated information, systems integration
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerObjectives: This study aimed at gaining comprehensive information on the current status of patient care and management applications used in German acute hospitals...
Keywords: Hospital Information System, patient care, computerized patient record, hospital administration, data collection
01/2005 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer