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Modeling interdependencies between business and communication processes in hospitals
Birgit Brigl1, Thomas Wendt, Alfred Winter
1Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig.
Abstract:
The optimization and redesign of business processes in hospitals is an important challenge for the hospital information management who has to design and implement a suitable HIS architecture. Nevertheless, there are no tools available specializing in modeling information-driven business processes and the consequences on the communication between information processing, tools. Therefore, we will present an approach which facilitates the representation and analysis of business processes and resulting communication processes between application components and their interdependencies. This approach aims not only to visualize those processes, but to also to evaluate if there are weaknesses concerning the information processing infrastructure which hinder the smooth implementation of the business processes.
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