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E-Procurement in Healthcare is a book that aggregates 5 years of experience of three successive RD projects (ELCH, GetTogether, GROPIS) covering technical and organizational issues of e-procurement. The projects, which were funded partly by the government and partly by industry and hospitals, looked at the characteristics of procurement processes and at standard technologies. Two of the projects included case studies (ELCH, GROPIS), the third project focused on the development of standard business objects for e-procurement in healthcare (GetTogether). Together they form a rich source of information worth communicating to a large audience of experts and newcomers alike. Results from the projects are supplemented by the contributions of international experts and their particular views on e-procurement, which gives the book a global perspective and hence allows its readers to learn from a variety of different approaches.Each chapter of the book is structured in a way that satisfies the needs of executives as well as academics. A management summary, tables and graphics together with key statements of experts allow the quick reader to capture the mainmessage of each chapter, whereas background information and reference to the literature address readers who wish to gain a deeper and more comprehensive insight into the field. The management summary and the expert statements will appear in boxes separated from the main text by visual cues, e.g. background color, font size, font type.

This prospective longitudinal study aims at better understanding eHealth success factors in different European nations, esp. the role of eHealth-legislation in Switzerland and Germany. Qualitative interviews with 39 matched experts from a large variety of institutions in both nations were conducted. The individual statements in the interviews and the overall satisfaction rating indicate a clear trend for a more optimistic attitude towards the law in Switzerland than in Germany. This result is not surprising given the history of a telematics infrastructure in Germany. Cross-country learning topics for German politicians are the inclusion of the inpatient sector and the focus on one major application. In a next step, interview results from Austria will be included and with that the scope of study findings enriched.

Informationen bilden die Grundlage für Entscheidungen. Damit ermöglichen sie eine individuelle und sichere Patientenversorgung, Versorgungskontinuität sowie eine stetige Qualitätsverbesserung. Die Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen eröffnet der Pflege vielfältige Chancen, neue Wege zu gehen. Dieses Buch liefert das dafür notwendige Basiswissen: Es werden Grundlagen von Informationssystemen innerhalb von und zwischen Einrichtungen vermittelt sowie in IT-Standards, Pflegefachsprachen und Terminologien zur Unterstützung der Digitalisierung eingeführt. Darüber hinaus wird ein Überblick über personenbezogene Assistenztechnologien gegeben sowie Prozess- und Projektmanagement, Datenschutz, Datensicherheit und Ethik der Informationsverarbeitung thematisiert. Auch auf weiterführende Themen, wie die Rolle der künstlichen Intelligenz in der Pflege, wird eingegangen. Alle Themen werden anhand eines durchgängigen Fallbeispiels illustriert. Übungsfragen mit Lösungen, weiterführende Literatur sowie ein umfassendes Glossar unterstützen den Lernprozess.

Objectives: This study aimed at the construction of what the core of eHealth policy making is, offering new perspectives about high priority procedures along the policy making process Methods: Following Grounded Theory methodology, 59 qualitative telephone interviews with a broad variety of stakeholders from Austria, Switzerland and Germany were conducted Results: The findings hinted at five priorities of eHealth policy making: strategy, consensus-building, decision-making, implementation and evaluation that emerged from the stakeholders' perception of the eHealth policy. Hereby strategy, consensus-building and implementation gained the highest attention Conclusions: These findings suggest three high priorities in eHealth policy: 1) developing and pursuing a consistent eHealth strategy, 2) investing time and resources into consensus-building to clear up difficulties early on in the process, 3) governing implementation towards serving patient care through systems fit for practice. Public Interest Summary: Digitalisation is playing an increasingly crucial role in providing high quality health care. However, different countries have pursued different political paths. In this study, we wanted to know how the stakeholders perceived the political process in their country to identify strengths and weaknesses. We, therefore, conducted interviews about digital health policy with experts from Austria, Switzerland and Germany covering the full spectrum of stakeholders. The findings suggest three political musts: 1) a convincing and coherent strategy followed throughout the entire process, 2) consensus- building among the stakeholders, 3) using "fit for practice" as the yardstick to measure political success.

Background: Contact tracing apps are potentially useful tools for supporting national COVID-19 containment strategies. Various national apps with different technical design features have been commissioned and issued by governments worldwide. Objective: Our goal was to develop and propose an item set that was suitable for describing and monitoring nationally issued COVID-19 contact tracing apps. This item set could provide a framework for describing the key technical features of such apps and monitoring their use based on widely available information. Methods: We used an open-source intelligence approach (OSINT) to access a multitude of publicly available sources and collect data and information regarding the development and use of contact tracing apps in different countries over several months (from June 2020 to January 2021). The collected documents were then iteratively analyzed via content analysis methods. During this process, an initial set of subject areas were refined into categories for evaluation (ie, coherent topics), which were then examined for individual features. These features were paraphrased as items in the form of questions and applied to information materials from a sample of countries (ie, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom [England and Wales]). This sample was purposefully selected; our intention was to include the apps of different countries from around the world and to propose a valid item set that can be relatively easily applied by using an OSINT approach. Results: Our OSINT approach and subsequent analysis of the collected documents resulted in the definition of the following five main categories and associated subcategories: (1) background information (open-source code, public information, and collaborators); (2) purpose and workflow (secondary data use and warning process design); (3) technical information (protocol, tracing technology, exposure notification system, and interoperability); (4) privacy protection (the entity of trust and anonymity); and (5) availability and use (release date and the number of downloads). Based on this structure, a set of items that constituted the evaluation framework were specified. The application of these items to the 10 selected countries revealed differences, especially with regard to the centralization of the entity of trust and the overall transparency of the apps' technical makeup. Conclusions: We provide a set of criteria for monitoring and evaluating COVID-19 tracing apps that can be easily applied to publicly issued information. The application of these criteria might help governments to identify design features that promote the successful, widespread adoption of COVID-19 tracing apps among target populations and across national boundaries.

Hochschule und Universität Osnabrück haben mit regionalen Partnern (Stadt, Landkreis, Bistum, evangelisch-lutherischem Kirchenkreis, Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheitswirtschaft) die Grundsatzvereinbarung unterzeichnet, in Osnabrück einen Gesundheitscampus zu etablieren. Das Ziel ist, einen Ort zu schaffen, an dem Wissenschaft, Unternehmen der Gesundheitsversorgung, Träger von Gesundheitseinrichtungen und Politik zusammenkommen, um innovative Versorgungskonzepte für die Region zu erproben. "ROSE – das Lernende Gesundheitssystem in der Region Osnabrück-Emsland" ist ein Großprojekt im Rahmen des Gesundheitscampus Osnabrück, das von dem Niedersächsischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (MWK) über 5 Jahre gefördert wird. Dabei wird das Prinzip des Lernens durch Feedback angewendet. Das bedeutet, dass durch Forschung in und mit der Praxis Evidenz im Sinne von practice-based evidence erzeugt wird, d.h. Evidenz für eine bessere Versorgungspraxis unter Berücksichtigung städtischer und ländlicher Strukturen. Dies hat zur Konsequenz, dass der Transferprozess zwischen Hochschule und Versorgungspraxis nicht am Ende sondern bereits am Anfang steht. Mit dem Ansatz einer wiederkehrenden Abfolge von Forschungsfragen und Analysen von Daten aus der Versorgungspraxis rekurriert ROSE auf das Prinzip des "Learning Health Care System" (IOM, 2007). Im Rahmen von ROSE stimmen sich Hochschule und Universität Osnabrück ab, um die Ziele des Gesundheitscampus zu erreichen. Die geplante Umsetzung wird anhand eines Modells mit fünf Maßnahmen vorgestellt. Diese bauen auf der Vielfalt von bereits bestehenden Gesundheitsstudiengängen in Osnabrück auf und bringen Forschung, Nachwuchsförderung und Translation von Forschungsergebnissen zusammen. ; The University Osnabrück and the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück and regional partners recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Healthcare Campus. The aim of the Healthcare Campus is to develop innovative concepts for delivering patient care in the Osnabrück region. It brings together academia, networks, enterprises, healthcare providers and local authorities. Financed by the State of Lower Saxony, the project "The Learning Healthcare System in the Region Osnabrück Emsland (ROSE)" is a central activity within the Healthcare Campus. This project makes use of the learning paradigm. Providing feedback is the driving mechanism to achieve progress. Research provides the feedback to the healthcare providers and local authorities, in order to optimise the current practice in urban and rural areas of the region. The feedback mechanism is based on data from practice, which play the central role in turning evidence-based-practice into practice-based-evidence and putting translation at the start, not at the end of the project. Both universities coordinate their activities within the ROSE project to attain the goals of the Healthcare Campus Osnabrück. The model with five measures for the implementation is presented. It builds upon the wealth of existing bachelor and masters programs in healthcare and unites research, PhD programs and translation of scientific results into practice.

For the past several decades, healthcare organizations and providers in the United States, the European Union and other countries around the globe, have advanced the digital transformation of healthcare to help increase quality, safety and efciency. Health information technology/eHealth enables healthcare workers and providers the opportunity to maximize their care delivery, ultimately resulting in better outcomes for patients, consumers and society. The core of any healthcare system is its workforce. Therefore, healthcare systems require a robust supply of highly skilled professionals who are profcient in eHealth/health IT to use, operate and maintain the digital services, which are an increasingly essential part of their infrastructure. Some of these professionals are frontfacing care providers such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other caregivers and need "eSkills" to achieve and sustain success in their work. Others are on the extended healthcare team, such as clinical informaticists, health information sta?, biomedical engineers and researchers, employ eHealth on a daily basis where the use of ICT (information and communications technology) is critical. Furthermore, some healthcare sta? that may not be traditionally thought of as using ICT in their work, such as pastoral care workers (clergy), environmental workers, or nutritional sta?, who are also more frequently relying on digital services and technology to manage their daily tasks. To take on these expanded duties, all workers within the healthcare environment must be trained in eHealth, preferably before they even receive their frst job. Therefore, the development and advancement of a healthcare workforce equipped with eHealth skills is vital to the present and future state of healthcare. This eHealth enabled workforce will assure that systems keep working functionally, that clinical workflows are incorporated into technology, and that healthcare is delivered in a manner that is safe, secure and qualityinfused. This paper will discuss the ways in which the EU*US eHealth Project, in cooperation with its Consortium members and a large stakeholder community, will work to measure, inform, educate and advance development of a skilled eHealth workforce throughout the European Union, United States and globally, with the goal of creating a legacy of digitally empowered health care professionals now and in the future. ; publishedVersion