The association IHE Austria – Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise – is dedicated to furthering the combination of IT and medical technology by spreading and improving the IHE framework for IT integration and data transmission in healthcare.
The objective of IHE Austria is to provide support for the organisational and technical implementation of e-health applications such as the electronic health record (EHR) in the Austrian healthcare system. In this, the focus is on improving the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of medical care.
IHE Austria has set itself the following three main tasks to achieve these objectives:
The awareness-raising, or lobbying, activities should transport the following central messages: Media discontinuity and proprietary interfaces create unforeseeable costs and quality problems; IHE ensures flexibility, sustainability, quality, and economy for the client.
2. Establishment of seminars and training
The establishment of seminars and training will help to raise awareness and to create standardised training on the topic of IHE.
3. International collaboration
International collaboration takes the form of representation on the committees of IHE Europe and IHE International as well as participation in working groups.
