Publications by authors named "Martin Specht"
Many healthcare IT systems in Germany are unable to interoperate with other systems through standardised data formats. Therefore it is difficult to store and retrieve data and to establish a systematic collection of data with provenance across systems and even healthcare institutions. We outline the concept for a Transformation Pipeline that can act as a processor for proprietary medical data formats from multiple sources.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the growing strain of medical staff and complexity of patient care, the risk of medical errors increases. In this work we present the use of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) as communication standard for the integration of an ontology- and agent-based system to identify risks across medical processes in a clinical environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Medical personnel in hospitals often works under great physical and mental strain. In medical decision-making, errors can never be completely ruled out. Several studies have shown that between 50 and 60% of adverse events could have been avoided through better organization, more attention or more effective security procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim of the study was to assess the use of the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28 (TISS-28) in surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients and the relationship of the score to the type of surgery, severity of illness, and outcome in these patients.
Materials And Methods: Prospectively collected data from all patients admitted to a postoperative ICU between March 1, 2004, and June 30, 2006, were analyzed retrospectively.
Results: A total of 6903 patients were admitted during the study period (63.