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Hospitals are under massive pressure to transform: rising operating costs, the ongoing shortage of skilled workers and staff, and calls for greater transparency and quality from legislators, funding agencies, and society are all posing challenges. This makes it all the more important for them to be able to make important decisions quickly and flexibly on the basis of solid data\u2014for example, when managing resources, developing case numbers, or simply planning capacities. But this is where many institutions fail. Far too often, reports and business plans are based on manually maintained Excel spreadsheets or similar isolated solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, these methods are not only time-consuming and prone to errors, but also lack transparency. Information must be laboriously compiled, checked, and processed multiple times\u2014often without a uniform database. And the resulting presentations, for example for decision-making, often remain incomplete, leading to delays. System-supported collaboration is still mostly the exception.<\/p>

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Role change in controlling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The solution is obvious: integrated, digital reporting would not only improve efficiency and data quality, but also fundamentally strengthen controlling\u2014moving it toward an active, advisory role. With modern analytics and scenario-based planning models, it can accompany and shape decisions in real time. This turns retrospective analysis into a real management advantage and transforms the role from reporter to sparring partner for hospital management \u2013 and, in the future, to decision-making support at the ward level. Future-oriented controlling no longer provides mere actual figures, but simulates development paths: How do changes in case numbers affect revenues? How does a change in surgery planning influence staff utilization? This forward-looking control is made possible by new technologies and close integration with operational processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAP Analytics Cloud and BW\/4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Two key solutions from the SAP portfolio form the backbone of this: BW\/4 Hana and the Analytics Cloud (SAC). SAP BW\/4 serves as a powerful, central data management platform. It bundles information from various systems\u2014such as hospital information systems (HIS), enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, and medical technology\u2014into an integrated, powerful real-time data model. This harmonizes previously separate data worlds and makes them available in a uniform format at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building on this, SAP Analytics Cloud simplifies data presentation. Reports can be visualized, analyses performed, and complex planning models created on a single interface\u2014without changing systems or manual intermediate steps. Departments can work interactively with the data: simulate scenarios, create forecasts, or prepare data-based strategic decisions, for example, on personnel planning or case cost development. For hospitals that already use SAP ERP, SAC is a natural extension of the existing foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One particular advantage is its broad accessibility: even non-technical users\u2014such as nursing service managers, operating room coordinators, or chief physicians\u2014can access decision-relevant key figures via dashboards. Data flows to where it is needed. This close connection between technology and customized processes creates a new understanding of control. Data flows faster, correlations become visible, and decisions can be made in a targeted manner with a measurable impact on cost-effectiveness and quality of care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two clinics, two approaches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Among others, large healthcare organizations in Germany are benefiting from this. In practice, a leading university hospital and a district hospital network are using these solutions. The network, for example, used Ontron to consolidate several ERP systems on an S\/4 platform, while the existing HIS systems continued to run unchanged. The successful upgrade paved the way for the next step\u2014the rollout of SAC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, data from different systems and facilities has been flowing into a central location for the first time\u2014a milestone that did not exist there before. The university hospital, in turn, was the first of its kind in Germany to introduce SAC as a planning tool to optimize controlling processes. Now, those responsible can create real-time reports and precise analyses without manual Excel work. Customizable dashboards in SAC provide decision-makers with relevant information at the touch of a button. Monthly reports, forecasts, and business plans are created without manual secondary systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Controlling is increasingly evolving from purely retrospective data processing to a strategic consulting unit that actively participates in the design of clinical processes based on real-time data. The technologies required for this have long been available: SAP BW\/4 and SAP Analytics Cloud provide powerful tools that enable analysis, planning, and visualization in an integrated environment. The path to this new form of control does not have to be long or complicated \u2013 often, a clearly defined use case and close cooperation between IT and the specialist department are enough to take the first successful step toward data-driven hospital management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Firstly, controlling today means consulting\u2014in real time and on an equal footing with hospital management. Secondly, SAP technologies enable data-driven scenarios with immediate benefits. Thirdly, getting started is feasible\u2014with clear objectives and cross-departmental collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Ontron<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Real-time data and process design with SAP Analytics Cloud and BW\/4 Hana:
\nTraditional controlling is giving way to data-based real-time consulting, which actively shapes clinical processes and optimizes patient care. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2368,"featured_media":157614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,44321],"tags":[],"coauthors":[39720],"class_list":["post-157607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-management","category-mag-25-11","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-400x180.jpg",400,180,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-768x346.jpg",768,346,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-100x45.jpg",100,45,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-480x216.jpg",480,216,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-640x288.jpg",640,288,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-720x324.jpg",720,324,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-960x432.jpg",960,432,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-18x8.jpg",18,8,true],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-600x270.jpg",600,270,true],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-600x450.jpg",600,450,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2511_bu_ontron-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Echtzeitdaten und Prozessgestaltung mit SAP Analytics Cloud und BW\/4 Hana:
\nKlassisches Controlling weicht datenbasierter Echtzeitberatung, die klinische Prozesse aktiv mitgestaltet und die Patientenversorgung optimiert. <\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Business-Management<\/a>, MAG 25-11<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e3_magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157607"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159124,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157607\/revisions\/159124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157607"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=157607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}