In this paper we describe a generic model of a patient health portal, which is suitable to implement patient access to the evolving German healthcare telematics infrastructure. The portal uses the telematics as a communication infrastructure to ensure the concise and secure exchange of medical...

Germany is introducing a nation-wide health telematics infrastructure that enables various electronic health services (EHS). Little is known about the burdens and drivers for potential adoption of these innovations. Based on a quantitative study among German physicians participating in pilot...

Growing expenses for health care services in hospitals stress the potential of a well applied IT governance for cost reduction, productivity gains and a possible source for competitive advantages. The underlying explorative study analyzes the current status of IT governance through a survey...

In recent years, manufacturing companies and service providers have moved towards offering customer-specific problem solutions. These integrated bundles usually consist of hardware, software, and service components and are called product service systems (PSS) or hybrid products. Since the...

Integrationsarchitekturen entwickeln sich zu einem zentralen Thema im Gesundheitswesen.Parallel zu der Bestrebung der Bundesregierung, eine interoperable Telematikplattform fürdas Gesundheitswesen entwickeln zu lassen, wächst auch das Interesse der medizinischenLeistungserbringer, allen voran...

intra-organizational communication and media frictions complicate the continuous provision ofinformation according to the principle of information logistics. Based on extensive literaturereview, we present the vision of seamless healthcare with horizontally and vertically integratedhealthcare...