4.3 Knowledge management

The hospital management determines how the specialist departments provide evidence that they are aware of new findings on the procedures they use, how they evaluate the information and what conclusions and consequences they have drawn from it. The collection and evaluation of literature and reports should cover all methods carried out in the department. The procedure is to be understood as a supplement to further medical training, which relates to personal qualifications. The management should determine which media are used to obtain information, which databases are regularly searched using which search strategies and how the evaluation is carried out. The management should ensure that changes in society's requirements for good hospital operation (laws, regulations, guidelines, standards) are made known in good time so that they can be implemented in good time.

Literature:
Franz Lehner Knowledge Management: Basics, Methods and Technical Support Hanser 2012
Andreas Greulich (Editor) Knowledge Management in Healthcare economica 2005