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Fraunhofer E-Health
A Complete Consultant Solution by Fraunhofer SIT, to create your own Health Infrastructure from scratch.
Type of content:
Assets
Type of asset:
Framework
Big data potential
No
Policy domains:
Health
Phase in the policy cycle:
Policy Design and Analysis
TRL
7
Implementation/customisation cost
Low
Open license availability
Yes
Ease of use
High
Tags:
Smart work
Evaluation of Policies
Addresses:
| SWOT Analysis for Fraunhofer E-Health |
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Internal |
Strengths• Improves the quality and efficiency of medical services • Involvement in the most important pilot projects preceding the introduction of the German Ministry of Health's electronic health card (bIT4health, solution architecture for electronic health card applications) and self-management program (protego.net planning project). • Technical advice for card manufacturers, card publishers, application developers, and end users of the electronic health card and the health professional card • Consulting on smart card technologies and cryptographic protocols • Specification of card interfaces and applications • Development support based on the specifications used in the telematics infrastructure • Development and evaluation of, and consulting for, eHealth applications and secure online services • Development and evaluation of security and data protection concepts • Consulting, feasibility studies and requirements analyses linked to the integration of security technologies • Security tests of products, components, and services (optionally with the Fraunhofer security certificate) • Solutions for long-time archival of digitally signed documents that preserve their evidentiary force (ArchiSoft) as well as browser based applications for electronic signatures |
Weaknesses• Data security • Lack of system Integration: Clinical, administrative, and financial systems are not linked, and as a result, many healthcare institutions are not yet maximising their IT potential • Slow IT Adoption: Traditionally, healthcare has been slow to adopt IT and has lagged significantly behind other industries in the use of IT. |
External |
Opportunities• Development of secure software • Security and data protection. • Security evaluation and verification • Security Integration and advancement • Security management • Improvement in reporting and data presentation capabilities • Improvement in quality of healthcare services • Effective and efficient resources utilisation procedures • Improvement in patients trust and satisfaction • Encouragement in proactive healthcare practices • Public awareness and community support programs • Training programs and facilities • Unification and integration of Public and Private sector health records • Improved support for knowledge management and decision making • Productive, efficient and effective healthcare management |
Threats• Economic and medical challenges • Data protection • Cyber-attack • Data quality • Rapid changes in technology and IT systems • Unreliable and unrealistic system and reporting requirements |
