title: Information systems for administration, clinical documentation and quality assurance in an Austrian disease management programme.
abstract: 5.9% of the Austrian population is affected by diabetes mellitus. Disease Management is a structured treatment approach that is suitable for application to the diabetes mellitus area and often is supported by information technology. This article describes the information systems developed and implemented in the Austrian disease management programme for type 2 diabetes. Several workflows for administration as well as for clinical documentation have been implemented utilizing the Austrian e-Health infrastructure. De-identified clinical data is available for creating feedback reports for providers and programme evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Medical Technologies and Health Management, Joanneum Research, 8010 Graz, Austria. peter.beck@joanneum.at
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Truskaller
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rakovac
authors.forename: Fritz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bruner
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zanettin
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Pieber
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009737:Nursing Records; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care