Karl Landsteiner Gesellschaft

Institute for Hospital Organization

Institute Director
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Guido Offermanns
    1130 Vienna, Auhofstraße 10, c/o Pallottihaus
    9020 Klagenfurt, Waffenschmiedgasse 9
    Guido.Offermanns@aau.at
Cooperation partner
  • General Hospital of the City of Vienna
  • Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA)
  • General Accident Insurance Institution (AUVA)
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna (CCC)
  • The Alliance of Oncology Patient Organizations
  • Medical University of Vienna
  • Patient Safety Foundation Switzerland
Past events of the institute

July 4-5, 2023: LSZ Health Congress for Health Professionals with Leadership and Management Responsibilities, in cooperation with the Institute and the Alliance of Oncology Patient Organizations.
https://lsz.at/events/gesundheitskongress

Health Policy Forums on May 31 and December 13, 2022, in cooperation with the Alliance of Oncology Patient Organizations.
https://www.gesundheitspolitischesforum.at/

LSZ Health Congress for Health Professionals with Leadership and Management Responsibilities on July 5 and 6, 2022 in Loipersdorf, short report.

Health Policy Forum Onko on June 15, 2021, in cooperation with the Alliance of Oncology Patient Organizations, https://www.gesundheitspolitischesforum.at/rueckblick-118-gpf-juni-2021/

University program

University course Management in Health Care Organizations with the participation of personnel from the Institute.
https://www.mot.ac.at/universitaetslehrgaenge/gesundheit-und-soziales/management-in-gesundheitsorganisationen-akademische-expertin-bzw-akademischer-experte-in-management-in-gesundheitsorganisationen/

Special offers can be designed on demand.

Motto

Further development of the healthcare system through application-oriented research with a focus on the patient perspective.

Work at the institute
  • Management and economics in health care
  • Health services research, currently with a focus on issues in oncology
  • Strategy and management development in healthcare organizations
  • Systemic promotion of the patient perspective from the management perspective
  • Financial and target management in the context of strategy processes in health care organizations
  • Design and creation of continuing education concepts for healthcare professionals
  • Lecturing activities in different national and international courses in the context of continuing education
Description of the current activities

The Institute for Hospital Organization deals with management issues in healthcare organizations, including the topics of management and strategy development, financial and target control, quality management, patient safety and, since 2019, with a focus on care research in oncology. In this context, in addition to the project on the "Evaluation of tumor boards as a key role in oncology care", the "patient perspective" is also being further established as a topic-centered approach to the further development of the healthcare system. To this end, a systematic literature review and qualitative study were conducted in 2021, and a self-assessment tool for tumor boards was developed. Publications are planned with the data collected. Through COVID-19, the need for action to ensure cancer patient care once again became more apparent. In 2021, the Institute intensified its cooperation with patient organizations and was significantly involved in the activities of the new "Alliance of Oncological Patient Organizations" (https://dieallianz.org/). The aim is to strengthen the voice of cancer patients in Austria and to work with strong partners on healthcare policy issues. A university course is being implemented for 2022 in which representatives of self-help groups are academically trained as patient advocates. Together with Allianz, the Institute is a cooperation partner of the University of Klagenfurt.
The national and international studies on patient safety have been published in renowned journals. For the first time in Austria, a valid instrument is now available to measure the degree of patient safety culture. Further projects in this context are currently in the pipeline.
The monitoring system developed in 2017 to comply with the financial and target control agreement between MedUni Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) and the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) and the City of Vienna leads to annual progress reports, which are prepared by the Institute together with the project partners.

Institute topics
  • Financial and target management in healthcare organizations
  • Tumor boards at the center of multi- and interdisciplinary treatment of oncological patients
  • Patient safety culture in healthcare organizations
  • Patient safety culture in primary care units
  • Implementation and evaluation of the effectiveness of quality management systems in healthcare organizations
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Guido Offermanns
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Guido Offermanns
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