[Introduction of an occupational group-spreading EDP-commission -increase of transparency and compliance]

The rising use of the EDP in hospitals of each order of magnitude raises different problems. Since each field of activity has own hard and software requests, this leads first of all to a multiplicity of heterogeneous isolated solutions, which make economic maintenance and servicing much more difficult. Besides redundancies and bad investments are pre-programmed. Secondly the central assignment for hard and software often takes place according to obscure and sometimes unreasonable criteria. Thirdly the coworkers, who are to operate locally with appropriate systems, frequently as the latter or not at all involved with the consequence of a contraproductive or boycotting adjustment of the coworkers and from this resulting reduction of the data quality. As solution for this in the Klinikum Krefeld was created 1995 a EDP-commission of the hospital physicians, that functions as official organ of the directors of hospital in EDP interests. The chronology and the solutions for the described problems are represented. - Due to the positive results of this institution in logical consequence 1999 a occupational group-spreading EDV commission was brought into being, which represents medical and nursery service, administration and EDP department and advises in all EDP interests both with strategic decisions the managing director as partner for the coworkers in EDP problems functions The chronology, the personnel composition as well as the agenda of the EDP-commission are represented. After our knowledge a such commission in Germany was not institutionalized yet, so that we want to energize to likewise transfer this due to our throughout positive experiences in the own hospital.