title: SAP and partners: IS-H and IS-H* MED.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Styrian Hospital Organization with 21 hospitals including the Graz University Hospital, and the Heidelberg University Hospital implemented a new HIS based on SAP/R3, ISH, ISH* MED with the objective to have an integrated system to support patient administration and management, patient care, clinical documentation, research etc.
  
  
  METHODS
  Heidelberg University Hospital chose a step by step method for the introduction of the system, beginning with patient administration (ISH) and proceeding with clinical functions (ISH* MED). In Styria, the full functionality was implemented--as part of the selection process--in one peripheral hospital and in the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department of the Graz University Hospital, including special documents to support the processes in the highly specialized ENTunits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The standard modules are performant, stable and basically well accepted. Particularly in Graz, it has been shown that the requirements of highly specialized departments for work flow management, documentation and integration of subsystems and data from different sources can be fulfilled by special documents and programs--although at the expense of additional workload particularly in the initial phases of such a project.
authors.affiliation: Univ. Hospital Graz, Austria. guenther.gell@uni-graz.at
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gell
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmücker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pedevilla
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leitner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naumann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pitz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Köle
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D005858:Germany; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration