Each year, millions of rescue operations occur in Germany. Despite rising numbers, there is a shortfall of systematic quality management (QM). Focusing on finding the required quality parameters, this work aims at linking heterogeneous and distributed data sources on the patient-level. Presented here is necessary IT infrastructure for linking patients' data records properly and efficiently. The focus of the IT infrastructure is to provide a lightweight and easy applicable solution with an utmost generic approach.
Keywords: Emergency Medical Services; Health Services Research; Privacy.