E-Procurement in Hospitals – An Integrated Supply Chain Management of Pharmaceutical and Medical Products by the Usage of Mobile Devices

  • Patrick Bartsch
  • Thomas Lux
  • Alexander Wagner
  • Roland Gabriel
Part of the Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering book series (LNICST, volume 61)

Abstract

The optimization of procurement processes for medical and pharmaceutical products helps hospitals reducing costs and increasing their cost transparency, treatment quality and patient safety. However, due to the great amount of actors and interfaces taking part in procurement processes a structured methodology is required for holistic documentation and analysis. Therefore, this paper elaborates and describes the main optimization goals for procurement processes and develops methods for process analysis and the ability of a goal-targeted optimization using specialized ICT systems.

Keywords

supply chain management hospital engineering E-Procurement cost transparency patient safety healthcare process engineering medical ICT eHealth 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Patrick Bartsch
    • 1
  • Thomas Lux
    • 2
  • Alexander Wagner
    • 1
  • Roland Gabriel
    • 1
  1. 1.Competence Center eHealth Ruhr, chair of business informaticsRuhr-University BochumBochumGermany
  2. 2.Chair of Business Information Systems IUniversity of Technology ChemnitzChemnitzGermany

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