Peter Rohner - Böcker

The topics in this book cover a broad range of research interests: from business engineering and its application in corporate and business networking contexts to design science research as well as applied topics, where those research methods have been employed for modeling, data warehousing, information systems management, enterprise architecture management, management of large and complex projects, and enterprise transformation.The book is a Festschrift for Robert Winter in order to appreciate his work and to honor him as a personality with a high reputation in the information systems community. To this end, many professional colleagues or long-time companions both from the Institute of Information Management at the University of St. Gallen as well as from the international research community dedicated articles on topics related to Robert’s research. They reflect his ambition to uncompromisingly conduct high-class research that fuels the research community and at the sametime contributes to improved industrial practice.The book is organized in three major parts: Part I “Business Engineering and Beyond” focuses on the methodology strongly shaped by Robert in St. Gallen with a focus on research being applied in corporate contexts. Part II “Design Science Research” spans from reflections on the practice of design science research to perspectives on design science research methodologies and eventually up to considerations to teach design science research methodology. Part III “Applied Fields” combines various applications of design science and related research methodologies with practical problems and future research topics.

The topics in this book cover a broad range of research interests: from business engineering and its application in corporate and business networking contexts to design science research as well as applied topics, where those research methods have been employed for modeling, data warehousing, information systems management, enterprise architecture management, management of large and complex projects, and enterprise transformation.The book is a Festschrift for Robert Winter in order to appreciate his work and to honor him as a personality with a high reputation in the information systems community. To this end, many professional colleagues or long-time companions both from the Institute of Information Management at the University of St. Gallen as well as from the international research community dedicated articles on topics related to Robert’s research. They reflect his ambition to uncompromisingly conduct high-class research that fuels the research community and at the sametime contributes to improved industrial practice.The book is organized in three major parts: Part I “Business Engineering and Beyond” focuses on the methodology strongly shaped by Robert in St. Gallen with a focus on research being applied in corporate contexts. Part II “Design Science Research” spans from reflections on the practice of design science research to perspectives on design science research methodologies and eventually up to considerations to teach design science research methodology. Part III “Applied Fields” combines various applications of design science and related research methodologies with practical problems and future research topics.

Klinische Pfade und andere patientennahe Prozesse werden oft als rein fachliche Themen erachtet, weil diese im Alltag primär die Arbeit der Ärzte, der Pflegenden und von weiteren Behandelnden direkt betreffen. Die Identifikation von Patienten bzw. das ganze davon abhängende Management von Informationen innerhalb der Patientenpfade wird wiederum häufig als alleinige Aufgabe der IT angesehen. Das Buch stellt diese fachlichen und technischen Ansätze in den breiteren Kontext der in den kommenden Jahren absehbaren Veränderungen des Gesundheitswesens sowie der sich daraus ergebenden Fragestellungen, welche insbesondere die Leistungserbringer des Gesundheitswesens beschäftigen und fordern werden. Die Fähigkeit, Prozesse patientenorientiert zu gestalten wird zu einem wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktor werden. Das methodische Herangehen an die damit zusammenhängenden Fragestellungen wird neben derjenigen der fachlichen und technischen Spezialisten auch die Aufmerksamkeit des Krankenhaus-Managements erfordern.