TY - GEN
T1 - Process-oriented home care system transformation in Central Finland
AU - Tang, Jing
AU - Ruohonen, Toni
AU - Iijima, Junichi
AU - Pee, L. G.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Due to aging population and rising expenses in health care, Central Finland's local governments and authorities are increasingly promoting home care rather than relying solely on institutional care. To increase the adoption of home care, it is necessary to create a mutual understanding of the current home care system, and to improve the cooperation of stakeholders. From the process perspective, after analysing 6 related organizations in Central Finland, this study created a general model of the current home care system in Central Finland by using DEMO Construction Model, and pointed out several problems in its real implementation. This study demonstrates that DEMO is applicable to the examination of essential processes in health care systems and can offer suggestions for improvement.
AB - Due to aging population and rising expenses in health care, Central Finland's local governments and authorities are increasingly promoting home care rather than relying solely on institutional care. To increase the adoption of home care, it is necessary to create a mutual understanding of the current home care system, and to improve the cooperation of stakeholders. From the process perspective, after analysing 6 related organizations in Central Finland, this study created a general model of the current home care system in Central Finland by using DEMO Construction Model, and pointed out several problems in its real implementation. This study demonstrates that DEMO is applicable to the examination of essential processes in health care systems and can offer suggestions for improvement.
KW - Business process modeling
KW - Central Finland
KW - DEMO
KW - Home care
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84881421471
SN - 9789898565303
T3 - KEOD 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
SP - 455
EP - 460
BT - KEOD 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
T2 - 4th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development, KEOD 2012
Y2 - 4 October 2012 through 7 October 2012
ER -