Research

The focus of the research and development activities lie in the areas: medical informatics, hospital information technology and bio-medical engineering and medical engineering.

Medical Informatics

The main areas of Medical Informatics are:

• Medical (mobile) information systems
• Telemedicine and robotics
• Medical modeling and augmented reality

Healthcare Information Technology

The area healthcare information technology concentrates on communication networks in hospitals and other service providers in the healthcare field. Emphasis is placed on:

• Hospital information systems
• System security
• Process management

Bio-medical engineering – medical engineering

The area bio-medical engineering (medical engineering) focuses on the implementation of (new) processes and engineering methods for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases through the development of efficient medical devices.

Selected research projects

CANIS: The objective of the  CArinthian Notarzt (Emergency Physician) Information System (CANIS) is the facilitation and optimization of the information stream between the emergency physician at the accident site and the hospital. This is accomplished through mobile wearable computing as well as the development of a required by law documentation of all medical relevant events by the doctor.

Public Key Infrastructure in Health Care: Presently, many companies are discussing the ever increasing number of security measures that relate to medical data.  Electronic signatures and data encryption are important concepts in data security and they are generated on the basis of so-called electronic certificates. The logical infrastructure necessary for these tasks is called Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). When constructing a PKI, certain aspects need to be defined, which can only be altered with considerable effort. Therefore, an exact analysis of the “actual state” and the “desired state” must be performed in advance. In a project with the Office of the Carinthia Provincial Government, a strategy for the development of a PKI will be conceptualized and the strategy’s implementation will be minutely accompanied.