| Project: |
Requirements Index for Information
Processing in Hospitals |
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| Project team: |
Elske Ammenwerth, Anke Buchauer, Reinhold
Haux (Leader) |
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| Time span: |
1998 - 2001 |
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| Cooperation partner: |
A group of subject experts from the area:
health care information systems. The construction of requirements
index was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under
grant HA 1438/12-1. The requirements index has been adopted by the
DFG's Computing Facilities Committee in Februar 2001. |
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| Background: |
No reference models for the adequate description of typical structures
of information processing in hospitals exist. This leads to the
fact that increased expenses evolve during the designing of information
processing in general (e.g. framework, total IT concept) and during
the selection of software products.
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| Goals: |
Developing a requirements specification catalogue for information
processing in a hospital. The catalog should contain core criteria
for information processing. Various technologies and possible infrastructures
should be taken into account.
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| Methods: |
The internal framework of the requirements specification catalog
was constructed through communication with experts, through literature
analyses and the analysis of currently available requirements specifications
catalogs. The first draft was then discussed by a committee of experts
in a cyclical process and then repeatedly reworked.
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| Results: |
The requirements specification catalog for information processing
has been available in both German and English since 2001, containing
233 functional requirements and 102 function-independent requirements.
It provides benchmarks for information processing in a hospital
and therefore supports the systematic management of hospital information
systems.
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| Discussion: |
The index of requirements contains general information
processing requirements in hospitals which are formulated independent
of information processing tools, or of HIS architectures. It aims
at supporting HIS management, especially HIS strategic planning, HIS
evaluation, and tender processes. The index can be regarded as a draft,
which must, however, be refined according to the specific aims of
a particular project. Although focused on German needs, we expect
that it can also be useful in other countries. The high amount of
interest shown for the index supports its usefulness. |
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| Selected publications: |
Ammenwerth E, Buchauer A, Haux R. A Requirements Index for Information
Processing in Hospitals. Methods of Information in Medicine 2002;
41 (4): 282-8.
Haux R, Ammenwerth E, Buchauer A. Anforderungskatalog für die Informationsverarbeitung
im Krankenhaus. das krankenhaus 2001; 6/2001: 502-503.
(A complete list of all publications can be found on our Publications
page.)
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| Downloads |
Requirements
Index for Information Processing in Hospitals, Version 1.0b,
February 2002 (PDF, 257 KB)
Excel-Sheet
of the Requirements Index for Information Processing in Hospitals,
Version 1.0b, February 2002 (ZIP, 530KB)
The commercial use of even parts of the requirements index demands
a written agreement from the editors!
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