[Effects of the Health Structure Regulation on the form of documentation in clinics]

The requirements of the German Health Structure Law (GSG) are not matchable without the help of electronic data processing, especially regarding medical documentation in combination with the documentation for financial and calculation reasons. As a wide number of different and partly parallel keys are used, the electronic documentation has to be integrated in the clinical routine. Data have to be documented where they arise, by whom they are produced and unproductive double-documentation have to be avoided by any means. Investments in electronic data processing have to take into consideration the direct benefit for the user. This is a key to motivation and rises the validity of data.