Research challenges for achieving healthcare business process interoperability

Alexandrou, D; Mentzas, G

dc.contributor.author	Alexandrou, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Mentzas, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:46:30Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:46:30Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/32679
dc.subject	Business process interoperability	en
dc.subject	Coordinated business process	en
dc.subject	Healthcare	en
dc.subject.other	Business collaborations	en
dc.subject.other	Business functions	en
dc.subject.other	Business interactions	en
dc.subject.other	Business process interoperability	en
dc.subject.other	Clinical process	en
dc.subject.other	Common understanding	en
dc.subject.other	Coordinated business process	en
dc.subject.other	Delivery mechanisms	en
dc.subject.other	E healths	en
dc.subject.other	E-health systems	en
dc.subject.other	Healthcare	en
dc.subject.other	Information flows	en
dc.subject.other	Input and outputs	en
dc.subject.other	Procedural steps	en
dc.subject.other	Process frameworks	en
dc.subject.other	Research challenges	en
dc.subject.other	Service provisions	en
dc.subject.other	Sustainable environments	en
dc.subject.other	Workflow management technologies	en
dc.subject.other	Workflow specifications	en
dc.subject.other	Automation	en
dc.subject.other	Management	en
dc.subject.other	Patient treatment	en
dc.subject.other	Societies and institutions	en
dc.subject.other	Specifications	en
dc.subject.other	Telemedicine	en
dc.subject.other	Work simplification	en
dc.subject.other	Interoperability	en
dc.title	Research challenges for achieving healthcare business process interoperability	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/eTELEMED.2009.29	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/eTELEMED.2009.29	en
heal.identifier.secondary	4782633	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	E-Health systems' interoperability constitutes one of the main challenges of the IT society. E-Health interoperability will not occur without a shared policy and a process framework that will support appropriate business collaboration models and provide a sustainable environment in which interoperable solutions can be created, deployed, and managed. Coordinated business interactions require a common understanding of business function even though alternative delivery mechanisms and channels may be employed. In the healthcare context, a patient visits various organizations or units within organizations to get proper treatment. The role of ""healthcare workflow-management by use of IT"" is to adjust the contributions of those organizations or units in terms of effective service provision, appropriate timing, and best quality. Workflow management technology can play an important role, for it helps to organize, automate and improve business processes. Supporting clinical processes with information technology requires workflow specification (i.e., the identification of tasks, procedural steps, input and output information, people and departments involved, and the management of information flow according to this specification). © 2009 IEEE.	en
heal.journalName	Proceedings - International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, eTELEMED 2009	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/eTELEMED.2009.29	en
dc.identifier.spage	58	en
dc.identifier.epage	65	en