4th International Conference on Primary Health Care & 2nd Euro Nursing Congress
September 15-16 2025 | Virtual Event
Michael Rotzer
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria
The integration of administrative and clinical data offers valuable insights into healthcare delivery
and enables the optimization of care processes. Given growing demands on the healthcare
system, transparent and accessible data are becoming key to enhancing the efficiency
of care processes. To support data-informed decision-making in clinical practice, we developed
an interactive dashboard utilizing patient data from hospitals in Upper Austria. The tool
combines two complementary datasets from the “Nursing Documentation” (NUDOCU)” and
“Leistungsvergleich Medizin” (LeiVMed) projects. Its primary aim is to enhance operational
transparency and to support planning as well as continuous improvement processes in nursing
and medical teams. The dashboard is designed for use by nurses as well as physicians
and enables visualization of key patient metrics. These include demographic variables (e.g.,
age, gender, ASA classification, BMI, type of surgery etc.), the type and volume of diagnostic
services (radiological and laboratory) delivered per patient and per nurse across various
departments, as well as the estimated time for nursing activities, rates and types of complications.
Moreover, it presents patient risk-adjusted comparisons between departments, covering
nursing service volume, radiological and laboratory utilization, and complication rates.
Additionally, the system allows patient-level data to be accessed and displayed, enabling
case-specific insights. All dashboard components are interactive, enabling detailed subgroup
analyses. By enabling a fast and intuitive exploration of complex patient characteristics, the
dashboard may contribute to improved care processes. This research was funded by the
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) as part of the project “Nursing Documentation
(NUDOCU)” (Grant No. [FO999892173]).
Michael Rotzer is a research associate at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. He holds a bachelor’s
degree in Process Management and business Intelligence. Since 2024, he has been involved in the “Nursing Documentation
(NUDOCU)” project as well as the benchmarking initiative “Leistungsvergleich Medizin (LeiVMed)”,
which focuses on benchmarking in Austrian hospitals.