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Concrete use cases for an HCM: The HCM performs valuable process
support for
✔✔ the use of medical data by clinicians for diagnostic and therapeutic
purposes.
✔✔ the fulfillment of regulatory requirements, for example with regard
to archiving.
✔✔ the conversion from analog to digital data storage and the establishment
of both a paperless hospital and digital patient files.
✔✔ cross-institutional communication with referring physicians,
national
health insurances or other institutions.