title: Defining and reconstructing clinical processes based on IHE and BPMN 2.0.
abstract: This paper describes the current status and the results of our process management system for defining and reconstructing clinical care processes, which contributes to compare, analyze and evaluate clinical processes and further to identify high cost tasks or stays. The system is founded on IHE, which guarantees standardized interfaces and interoperability between clinical information systems. At the heart of the system there is BPMN, a modeling notation and specification language, which allows the definition and execution of clinical processes. The system provides functionality to define healthcare information system independent clinical core processes and to execute the processes in a workflow engine. Furthermore, the reconstruction of clinical processes is done by evaluating an IHE audit log database, which records patient movements within a health care facility. The main goal of the system is to assist hospital operators and clinical process managers to detect discrepancies between defined and actual clinical processes and as well to identify main causes of high medical costs. Beyond that, the system can potentially contribute to reconstruct and improve clinical processes and enhance cost control and patient care quality.
authors: Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Research & Development.
authors: Melanie
authors: M
authors: Strasser
authors: Franz
authors: F
authors: Pfeifer
authors: Emmanuel
authors: E
authors: Helm
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Schuler
authors: Josef
authors: J
authors: Altmann
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003199:Computer Systems; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D018511:Systems Integration; D057188:Workflow