Marina Beckmann

University of Cologne | UOC · Department of Health Services Research

BACKGROUND Electronic medical records (EMR) are considered a key component of the health care systems digital transformation. The implementation of an EMR promises various improvements e.g. in the availability of information, coordination of care, or patient safety and is required for big data analytics. To ensure those possibilities of an EMR, the...

The major impact on healthcare through the ongoing digital transformation and new technologies results in opportunities for improving quality of care. Electronic patient records (EPR) are a substantial part in this transformation, even though their influence on documentation remains often unclear. This review aims to answer the question of which ef...

Purpose: In order to design a patient-centered discharge process, the entire process is visualized in Value Stream Mapping. The duration of the process steps and waiting times are measured and presented. As a team, health professionals discuss problems and agree on suitable solutions. Methods: After applying Value Stream Mapping, we conducted ei...

(1) Background: Evidence suggests that organizational processes of hospitals have an impact on patient-professional interactions. Within the nurse-patient interaction, nurses play a key role providing social support. Factors influencing the nurse-patient interaction have seldomly been researched. We aimed to examine whether the process organization...

Background The need for and usage of electronic patient records within hospitals has steadily increased over the last decade for economic reasons as well as the proceeding digitalization. While there are numerous benefits from this system, the potential risks of using electronic patient records for hospitals, patients and healthcare professionals m...

Objective: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, increasing the relevance of an efficient and successful care process. As length of stay (LOS) in the hospital decreases, patients' satisfaction with the LOS varies. We hypothesize that successful discharge planning can improve this evaluation. Methods: Data of 4,390 female...

Zusammenfassung Das Forschungsfeld der organisationsbezogenen Versorgungsforschung ist in Deutschland noch relativ jung und von zunehmendem Interesse. Das Deutsche Netzwerk Versorgungsforschung e. V. (DNVF e. V.) hat im Jahr 2009 – getragen von den im DNVF organisierten Fachgesellschaften und Mitgliedern – eine Vertiefung zu „Methoden der organisat...

Zusammenfassung Das Forschungsfeld der organisationsbezogenen Versorgungforschung ist von zunehmender Bedeutung. Ausgehend von der Vertiefung zu Methoden der organisationsbezogenen Versorgungsforschung des Memorandums III, Teil 1 aus dem Jahr 2009 werden die weiterentwickelten Standards und Grundlagen zusammengefasst. Das Memorandum behandelt die t...

Background: Discharge management is a central task in hospital management. Mitchell's quality health outcomes model offers a contextual framework to derive expectations about the relationship between indicators of hospital structures and processes with patient experiences of preparation for discharge. Purpose: The aim is to analyze the associati...

Background Quality improvement within health and social care facilities is needed and has to be evidence-based and patient-centered. Value Stream Mapping, a method of Lean management, aims to increase the patients’ value and quality of care by a visualization and quantification of the care process. The aim of this research is to examine the effecti...