Florian Wurster

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Florian Wurster studied Health Economics (B.Sc.) and Health Services Research (M.Sc.) at the University of Cologne.

Between 2019 and 2022, he worked as a research associate in the Department of Rehabilitation Sociology at TU Dortmund University, where he was involved in the eCoCo project.

Since 2022, he has been supporting the IMVR teaching coordination as a research associate. As a member of the “inVersorgung” research group, he is responsible for overarching research coordination within the group. In addition, he holds the operational leadership of the MAiBest project and the OpenNOTES project (IMVR sub-study).

  • Organization-related health care research
  • Digitalization in health care
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Document analysis
    • Goldberg, N., Herrmann, C., Di Gion, P., Hautsch, V., Hefter, K., Langebartels, G., Pfaff, H., Ansmann, L., Karbach, U., & Wurster, F. (2025). Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Determinants for the Usage of Digital Patient Portals in Hospitals: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Digital Divide. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27:e68091, https://doi.org/10.2196/68091 
    • Wurster, F. (2025). Psychiatrische Vorsorgedokumente – schafft Digitalisierung die erhoffte Akzeptanz? – Kontra. Psychiatrische Praxis, 52(02): 68-69. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2515-5669
    • Schwarz, J., Meier-Diedrich, E., Scholten, M., Stephenson, L., Torous, J., Wurster, F., & Blease, C. (2025). Integration of Psychiatric Advance Directives Into the Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Record: Exploring the Promise and Limitations. J Med Internet Res, 2025;27:e68549. https://doi.org/10.2196/68549
    • Wurster, F., Herrmann, C., Beckmann, M., Cecon-Stabel, N., Dittmer, K., Hansen, T., Jaschke, J., Köberlein-Neu, J., Okumu, MR., Pfaff, H., Rusniok, C., & Karbach, U. (2024). Differences in changes of data completeness after the implementation of an electronic medical record in three surgical departments of a German hospital – a longitudinal comparative document analysis. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 24, 258. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-024-02667-0
    • Wurster, F., Di Gion, P., Goldberg, N., Hautsch, V., Hefter, K., Herrmann, C., Langebartels, G., Pfaff, H., Karbach, U. (2024). Roger’s diffusion of innovations theory and the adoption of a patient portal’s digital anamnesis collection tool: study protocol for the MAiBest project. Implement Sci Commun 5, 74. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00614-8
    • Wurster, F., Karbach, U. (2024). Angewandte Versorgungsforschung. In: Kurscheid, C., Balke-Karrenbauer, N., Mollenhauer, J. (eds) Gesundheitsökonomie und Versorgungswissenschaft. Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66798-9_46-1  
    • Wurster, F., Beckmann, M., Cecon-Stabel, N., Dittmer K., Hansen, TJ., Jaschke, J., Köberlein-Neu, J., Okumu, M., Rusniok, C., Pfaff, H., Karbach, U. (2024). The Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record in a German Hospital and the Change in Completeness of Documentation: Longitudinal Document Analysis. JMIR Med Inform 2024;12:e47761. https//doi.org/10.2196/47761
    • Wurster, F., Fütterer, G., Beckmann, M., Dittmer, K., Jaschke, J., Köberlein-Neu, J., Okumu, M.‑R., Rusniok, C., Pfaff, H. & Karbach, U. (2022). The Analyzation of Change in Documentation due to the Introduction of Electronic Patient Records in Hospitals-A Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Systems, 46(8), 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-022-01840-0
    • Beckmann, M., Dittmer, K., Jaschke, J., Karbach, U., Köberlein-Neu, J., Nocon, M., Rusniok, C., Wurster, F. & Pfaff, H. (2021). Electronic patient record and its effects on social aspects of interprofessional collaboration and clinical workflows in hospitals (eCoCo): a mixed methods study protocol. BMC health services research, 21(1), 377. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06377-5
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