New methods for clinical pathways - Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and Tangible Business Process Modeling (t.BPM)

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 397, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 755-761

  Scheuerlein, Hubert ^a   Rauchfuss, Falk ^a   Dittmar, Yves ^a   Molle, Rüdiger ^b   Lehmann, Torsten ^a   Pienkos, Nicole ^a   Settmacher, Utz ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b ITAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business Process Modeling Notation; Clinical pathway; Colon carcinoma; Rectum carcinoma; Tangible Business Process Modeling; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING NOTATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CARCINOMA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANGIBLE BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84863985157     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-012-0914-z     Document Type: Article

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