As companies' environment is becoming increasingly volatile, scanning systems gain in importance. We propose a hybrid process model for such systems' information gathering and interpretation tasks that combines quantitative information derived from regression analyses and qualitative knowledge...

Aufgabe eines Data Warehouse ist die schnelle und flexible Bereitstellung entscheidungsrelevanter Daten. Es stellt damit - je nach Interpretation - eine Weiterentwicklung der Entscheidungsunterstützungssysteme oder eine auf Analyseaufgaben ausgerichtete Datenbank dar. Um seine Aufgabe erfüllen...

In order to improve transparency and stabilise health care costs, several countries have decided to reform their healthcare system on the basis of diagnosis-related groups (DRG). DRGs are not only used for classifying medical treatments, but also for case-based reimbursement, hence induce active...