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Background: In this paper, the focus is on the application of digital and mobile technologies as supporting tools for the implementation of gamification in the field of education of future economists. Objectives: The paper's main objective is to explore whether educators and students are motivated and willing to apply additional technologies as main gamification components in their work and education. Moreover, the paper aims to assess how their more comprehensive application affects the quality of teaching, work flexibility, new learning opportunities, and outcomes. Methods/Approach: The survey method was used to collect answers from educators and students primarily interested in accounting, finance, trade and tourism from higher and secondary education institutions in Croatia, Poland, Serbia and Germany. Afterwards, the responses were compared using statistical methods. Results: Research results confirm that educators and students are willing to use gamification in teaching. Still, they also expressed the need for better administrative support in using particular e-learning tools. Surprisingly, educators are more eager to use gamification in their work than students. Conclusions: The study's general conclusion is that educators and students are both aware of the advantages of using e-learning tools provided through digital and mobile technologies and are eager to implement more gamification in the teaching process. However, continuous education in applying new digital technologies is needed on both sides.

This new edition of the classic textbook on health informatics provides readers in healthcare practice and educational settings with an unparalleled depth of information on using informatics methods and tools. However, this new text speaks to nurses and -- in a departure from earlier editions of this title -- to all health professionals in direct patient care, regardless of their specialty, extending its usefulness as a textbook. This includes physicians, therapists, pharmacists, dieticians and many others. In recognition of the evolving digital environments in all healthcare settings and of interprofessional teams, the book is designed for a wide spectrum of healthcare professions including quality officers, health information managers, administrators and executives, as well as health information technology professionals such as engineers and computer scientists in health care. The book is of special interest to those who bridge the technical and caring domain, particularly nurse and medical informaticians and other informaticians working in the health sciences. Nursing Informatics: An Interprofessional and Global Perspective contains real-life case studies and other didactic features to illustrate the theories and principles discussed, making it an ideal resource for use within health and nursing informatics curricula at both undergraduate and graduate level, as well as for workforce development. It honors the format established by the previous editions by including a content array and questions to guide the reader. Readers are invited to look out of the box through a dedicated global perspective covering health informatics applications in different regions, countries and continents.

Die Prozesslenkung folgt der Prozessgestaltung, indem dessen Umsetzung sowohl hinsichtlich des Ergebnisses, als auch in Bezug auf die menschlichen Belange der Mitarbeiter durchgeführt wird. Inhaltlicher Fokus bei der Prozessausrichtung ist die Lenkung über die Leistungsrechnung und, darauf aufbauend, die kostenorientierte Lenkung. Nach der Vorstellung traditioneller zeit- und umfangbezogener Kostenrechnungssysteme folgt als Schwerpunkt der Betrachtung die Prozesskostenrechnung nach Horváth und Kaplan/Cooper, deren Stufen der Prozesskostenrechnung anhand von Beispielen erläutert werden.

Krankenhäuser weisen eine Vielzahl von Prozessen mit unterschiedlicher Komplexität auf. Identifikation, Auswahl, Abgrenzung, Systematisierung, Zerlegung in Teilprozesse sowie die Darstellung dieser Prozesse ist eine unabdingbare Voraussetzung für deren Analyse und die anschließende Prozesswürdigung, die der Aufdeckung von Schwachstellen dient. Durch die Schaffung einer Prozessstruktur ist es außerdem möglich, die einzelnen Prozesse aufeinander abzustimmen und in die Organisation zu integrieren. Zur Wirkungsüberprüfung erfolgt die kontinuierliche Evaluation der umgesetzten Prozesse mittels qualitativer oder quantitativer Methoden.

Globale Trends schärfen ein Interesse an wertorientierten Managementansätzen. Grundidee ist die Ausrichtung der Unternehmungsführung auf ein einheitliches Wertsteigerungs- oder zumindest -haltungsziel. Auch Krankenhäuser sind auf Grund von zahlreichen Veränderungen gezwungen, die Werterhaltung als auch die notwendige Wertaufholung zu erwirtschaften, um ihren dauerhaften Fortbestand zu sichern. Bei dem EVA-Konzept geht es um die Verankerung der Wertorientierung in den Strukturen der gesamten Unternehmung. Grundgedanke ist, der Unternehmungsführung Informationen darüber zu liefern, welche Entscheidungen wertsteigernd oder -vernichtend sind.

Der zunehmende Digitalisierungsgrad in deutschen Krankenhäusern verspricht unter anderem Prozesseffizienzen, deren Ausmaß bisher jedoch noch nicht ausreichend untersucht wurde. Vor dem Hintergrund der Erlössicherung eines Krankenhauses spielen der MDK-Prüfprozess und dessen Vorbereitung eine wichtige Rolle. Es stellt sich daher die Frage, ob und in welchem Ausmaß digitale und optimal strukturierte Patientenakten die Bearbeitung von MDK-Anfragen unterstützen und beschleunigen können. Durch eine Gegenüberstellung der Durchführung des MDK-Prüfprozesses mit papierbasierten sowie mit digitalisierten Patientenakten sollen mögliche Effizienzsteigerungen identifiziert werden. Des Weiteren wird untersucht, wie Patientenakten optimal strukturiert werden können: durch eine manuelle gegenüber einer automatisierten Sortierung von Dokumenten in ein vom Krankenhaus vorgegebenes Register.

The highly perishable fruit açaí grows on palm trees in northern Brazil and is colloquially known as a berry with high nutritional value. The seed of the drupe makes up around 85 percent of the fruits weight and only the pulp around the seed is used for human consumption. The manufacturing step after harvest includes the pulping and the preservation of the fruit. The preservation step is necessary, because the açaí pulp contains a high microbial load. There are several preservation processes including the use of chlorinated or ozonated water, alcoholic fermentation, pasteurization, freezing or dehydration. Those techniques are overall not very gentle and have the potential to leave residues in the final product, which can change its typical sensorial characteristics. Therefore, an experiment was conducted, to see if a relatively new gentle preservation method called PEF can reduce the microbial load in an açaí- smoothie. For this purpose, a PEF-machine was built and verified based on the paper from HEINZ ET AL. [2003]. The self-built machine works efficiently, when there is a reduction of microorganisms like Escherichia coli in apple juice due to the induced Pulsed Electric Fields. If this is the case, the described experiment with açaí-smoothie can be carried out with the self-built PEF- machine. In this experiment the results of the validation of this PEF-machine were not comparable to those from the paper from HEINZ ET AL. [2003]. So, the self-built PEF-machine in Brazil did not work sufficiently. Hence, the experiment which should show that a reduction of microorganisms, such as Escherichia coli, in açaí-smoothie with PEF is possible, was performed in Germany. It was accrued out at ELEA with using the PEFPilotTM Dual. This experiment confirmed the assumption, that microorganisms can be reduced in açaí-smoothie with PEF. Escherichia coli was reduced by 2 logs, Saccharomyces cerevisiae by 3 logs and Lactobacillus plantarum by 6 logs. And a comparison between PEF and the known preservation methods for açaí showed that it can be a compatible alternative. Moreover, the topic, how açaí fits into the European Food Market is answered within this paper. When offering açaí food products to the European population, ideas can be originated from the well-working Brazilian market. It can be helpful to mix açaí with known European fruits for a better acceptance by the people. Then açaí can help to meet the Europeans needs of the current time for fresh and healthy food, especially when preserved with PEF. Furthermore, it is important to work towards a sustainable supply chain system from the cultivation until the unloading at the destination in Europe. Sustainability is important for the integration in the European market, not only for environmental protection, but also in terms of social stability and marketing purposes. In addition, access requirements, further food-related regulations, and the seasonality of açaí present a major hurdle. Building on this thesis, further papers shall be written, not only in the field of the preservation of the açaí pulp with PEF, but also in the direction of combined preservation methods for açaí, the sustainable usage of the açaí seeds, product innovations containing the Brazilian fruit or various market research.