Research IT Austria - FFG 7. Rahmenprogramm

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Organisation: Oberösterreichische Gesundheits- und Spitals AG
Person Mr. Johannes Bretbacher
Position CIO
Department Gesundheitsinformatik
Postcode 4020
City Linz
Country Austria
Phone +43-70692321300
Fax +43-70692321304
e-mail contact.gi@gespag.at
Web www.gesundheitsinformatik.at
Form of organisation Public body
Description
The "Gesundheits- und Spitals AG" (Health and Hospital Ltd.) is the public holding of the 13 federal hospitals
and 10 health schools of Upper Austria. It is one the largest health service bodies in Austria with 8.500
employees (more than 1.000 of them MD´s), serving about 170.000 stationary and 1.170.000 ambulant
patients per year. Gespag has a turnover of 500 million Euros and an investment volume of 120 million Euros
per year. Though owned by the federal state represented by the prime minister, the function of the gespag is to
run the public hospitals in a market-oriented way. Special emphasis was put on a streamlined organisational
structure and the use of latest information and communication technologies for reaching the highest goals in
respect of efficiency and quality.
RTD Areas
� Archivistics/Documentation/Technical documentation
� Computer software
� Data Interchange, Middleware
� Data Protection, Cryptography, Data Security
� Databases, Database Management, Data Mining
� Electronic Commerce, Electronic Payment, Electronic Signature
� Knowledge and Process Management
� User Interfaces, Usability
� Information Technology/Informatics
� Internet Technologies
� Special focus: Applications for Health
Cooperations
Experience in following types of cooperative research:
� EU RTD Framework Programme 6
� national co-operative research
International partner countries:
� Germany
� Italy
� Spain and Andorra
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