2026 Elske Ammenwerth: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	48	6064	5891	44	42	286	12994

Overview

Elske Ammenwerth is affiliated with UMIT Tirol - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology in Austria. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Medicine, with a focus on Health Information Management, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Computer Science Applications, and Education.

Their scientific contributions address key topics in electronic health and medical informatics, including Electronic Health Records Systems, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Online Learning and Analytics, Data Quality and Management, Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, and Clinical Practice Guidelines Implementation.

Elske Ammenwerth's publication record includes multiple recent papers such as:

"Recommendations of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) on Education in Biomedical and Health Informatics: Second Revision," 2022, published in International Journal of Medical Informatics
"Adult patient access to electronic health records," 2021, in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
"Applying and Extending the FITT Framework to Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of Successful eHealth Services for Patient Self-Management: Qualitative Interview Study," 2020, in Journal of Medical Internet Research
"International Comparison of Six Basic eHealth Indicators Across 14 Countries: An eHealth Benchmarking Study," 2020, in Methods of Information in Medicine
"Suitability of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 Model for Predicting mHealth Acceptance Using Diabetes as an Example: Qualitative Methods Triangulation Study," 2022, in JMIR Human Factors

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ammenwerth include:

Franziska Jahn (13 co-authored works)
Alfred Winter (12 co-authored works)
Werner O. Hackl (11 co-authored works)
Michael Marschollek (8 co-authored works)
Verena Dornauer (8 co-authored works)

The scientist has contributed extensively to recognized publication venues such as Studies in Health Technology and Informatics with 21 publications, Yearbook of Medical Informatics (5), Journal of Medical Internet Research (4), Methods of Information in Medicine (2), and JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies (2).

Among book contributions, Ammenwerth authored in the Health Informatics domain with the publication titled "Health Information Systems" in 2023, which has also been cited in academic research.

Best Publications

The Effect of Electronic Prescribing on Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events: A Systematic Review

Elske Ammenwerth;Petra Schnell-Inderst;Christof Machan;Uwe Siebert

916
Citations
Recommendations of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) on Education in Biomedical and Health Informatics - First Revision

J. Mantas;E. Ammenwerth;G. Demiris;A. Hasman

672
Citations
IT-adoption and the interaction of task, technology and individuals: a fit framework and a case study

Elske Ammenwerth;Carola Iller;Cornelia Mahler

666
Citations
Evaluation of health information systems-problems and challenges.

Elske Ammenwerth;Stefan Gräber;Gabriele Herrmann;Thomas Bürkle

633
Citations
Recommendations of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) on Education in Biomedical and Health Informatics

John Mantas;Elske Ammenwerth;George Demiris;Arie Hasman

537
Citations
The impact of electronic patient portals on patient care: a systematic review of controlled trials.

Elske Ammenwerth;Petra Schnell-Inderst;Alexander Hoerbst

449
Citations
Visions and strategies to improve evaluation of health information systems: Reflections and lessons based on the HIS-EVAL workshop in Innsbruck

Elske Ammenwerth;Jytte Brender;Pirkko Nykänen;Hans-Ulrich Prokosch

413
Citations
Electronic health records. A systematic review on quality requirements.

A. Hoerbst;E. Ammenwerth

406
Citations
Factors Affecting and Affected by User Acceptance of Computer-based Nursing Documentation: Results of a Two-year Study

Elske Ammenwerth;Ulrich Mansmann;Carola Iller;Ronald Eichstädter

371
Citations
Health care in the information society. A prognosis for the year 2013.

Reinhold Haux;Elske Ammenwerth;Werner Herzog;Petra Knaup

354
Citations
Mobile information and communication tools in the hospital.

Elske Ammenwerth;Anke Buchauer;Bernd Bludau;Reinhold Haux

333
Citations
Strategic Information Management in Hospitals: An Introduction to Hospital Information Systems

Reinhold Haux;Reed M. Gardner;Birgit Brigl;Elske Ammenwerth

305
Citations
Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Decision Support: Challenges for Evaluating AI and Practical Implications

Farah Magrabi;Elske Ammenwerth;Jytte Brender McNair;Nicolet F. De Keizer

304
Citations
STARE-HI—Statement on reporting of evaluation studies in Health Informatics

Jan L. Talmon;Elske Ammenwerth;Jytte Brender;Nicolette de Keizer

293
Citations
Technology Acceptance Models in Health Informatics: TAM and UTAUT.

Elske Ammenwerth

256
Citations
The time needed for clinical documentation versus direct patient care. A work-sampling analysis of physicians' activities.

Elske Ammenwerth;Hans-Peter Spötl

214
Citations
A Randomized Evaluation of a Computer-Based Nursing Documentation System

E. Ammenwerth;R. Eichstädter;R. Haux;U. Pohl

192
Citations
Can evaluation studies benefit from triangulation? A case study.

Elske Ammenwerth;Carola Iller;Ulrich Mansmann

190
Citations
An inventory of evaluation studies of information technology in health care trends in evaluation research 1982-2002.

E. Ammenwerth;N. de Keizer

166
Citations
Effect of a nursing information system on the quality of information processing in nursing: An evaluation study using the HIS-monitor instrument.

Elske Ammenwerth;Franz Rauchegger;Frauke Ehlers;Bernhard Hirsch

165
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Georgiou Macquarie University

Farah Magrabi Macquarie University

Michael Felderer University of Cologne

Hans-Ulrich Prokosch University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Arie Hasman University of Amsterdam

Franz Resch Heidelberg University

Christian Lovis University of Geneva

William R. Hersh Oregon Health & Science University

Martin Dugas Heidelberg University

Peter Parzer University Hospital Heidelberg

External Links

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