Wienhofen, Leendert W. M.Toussaint, Pieter J.Eichler, GeraldKüpper, AxelSchau, VolkmarFouchal, HacèneUnger, HerwigEichler, GeraldKüpper, AxelSchau, VolkmarFouchal, HacèneUnger, Herwig2019-01-112019-01-112011978-3-88579-280-2https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/19001This paper describes health informatics as a field of research and some of the challenges that are faced when designing a complex event processing middleware gathering input from multiple legacy sources in a hospital environment. The goal of the system is to reduce the need for synchronous communication between medical stakeholders by creating a situational awareness and thereby cause fewer interruptions.enChallenges in designing technology for reducing the need for synchronous communication in the perioperative environmentText/Conference Paper1617-5468