Optimizing U.S. healthcare processes: A case study in business process management

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2236-2247

  Becker, Jörg ^a   Fischer, Robin ^a   Janiesch, Christian ^a   Scherpbier, Harm J ^b  

^a ERCIS European Research Center for   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process management; Health level seven; Healthcare; Infection control; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL INFECTION; CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE; COMMUNICATION STANDARDS; DISPARATE SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; HEALTHCARE PROCESS; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION ARCHITECTURES; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENTS;

AUTOMATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870233235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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