Bernhard Breil is a medical informatics specialist and psychologist and has been teaching as a professor of health informatics at the Hochschule Niederrhein since 2013. Since January 2020, he has headed the Faculty of Health Care as Dean. In teaching education, he is primarily involved in the Degree programme in Medical Informatics and gives lectures on Clinical IT Systems, Systems Integration and IT Project Management, among others.

In his research, Breil focuses on the socio-technical aspects at the interface between humans and IT, examining not only technical aspects but also their effects on humans. Other research topics include the networking of medical information systems and the acceptance of eHealth applications. He is author of national and international publications and speaker at national and international conferences.

Together with two professors from Konstanz, he talks about current topics in medical informatics in the eHealth podcast.

Professional activity

• 01/2020 - present: Dean of the Faculty of Health Care, Hochschule Niederrhein.
• 10/2013 - now: Professor of Health Care Informatics, Department of Health Care, Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences.
• 04/2012 - 09/2013: Research group leader, Institute for Medical Informatics, WWU Münster
• 03/2011 - 09/2013: Contract lecturer, Faculty of Informatics, Medical Informatics, FH Dortmund University of Applied Sciences
• 06/2008 - 03/2012: Academic staff, Institute for Medical Informatics, WWU Münster
• 02/2007 - 05/2008: Academic staff, Faculty of Computer Science, Medical Informatics, FH Dortmund University of Applied Sciences

Apprenticeship

• 11/2016 - 05/2020: Studies of Psychology, Master of Science, Distance University in Hagen, Germany
• 10/2011 - 10/2016: Studies of Psychology, Bachelor of Science, Distance University in Hagen
• 05/2008 - 09/2011: Doctorate (Doctor Rerum Medicinalium), WWU Münster, Germany
• 04/2006 - 04/2008: Studies of Medical Informatics, Master of Science, University of Applied Sciences Dortmund
• 09/2003 - 04/2006: Studies of Medical Informatics, Bachelor of Science, FH Dortmund University of Applied Sciences
• 09/1993 - 07/2002: High school diploma, Grammar school Mariengarden, Burlo

Distinctions and certificates

• Certificate "Professional university lecturing II" 2017 (http://www.hdw-nrw.de/zertifikate)
• Certificate "Professional university lecturing I" 2015 (http://www.hdw-nrw.de/zertifikate)
• Certificate "Medical Informatics" 2012 (GMDS, GI & BMVI)
• Johann-Peter-Süßmlich Medal, 2011 (GMDS)
• Best graduate of the year 2008/2009 (FH Dortmund)
• Promotion Award (Special Award) of Applied Computer Science, 2008 (University of Münster)
• Certificate "Practical apprenticeship for course steamer", 2008

Summer semester 2023

• Algorithms and Data Structures (2nd semester, Bachelor Medical Informatics)
• Interoperability (4th semester, Bachelor Medical Informatics)

Winter semester 2022 / 2023

• Clinical IT Applications (5th semester, Bachelor Health Care Management, TZ/Dual)
• IT Project Management (5th semester, Medical Informatics)

Books and book contributions (last 5 years)

• Breil B & Lux T (2022). Process management: designing digital workflows. In Huebner, U, Mustata Wilson, G, Shaw Morawski, T & Ball, M (Eds.), Nursing Informatics: A Health Informatics, Interprofessional and Global Perspective, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91237-6_37
• Apolinário-Hagen J, Drüge M, Hennemann S & Breil B. (2021). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder: Insights into a New Generation of Face-to-Face Treatment and Digital Self-Help Approaches. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1305, 311-332. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6044-0_17
• Hübner U, Sax U, Prokosch H, Breil B, Binder H, Zapf A, ... Schöler A (eds). (2018). German medical data sciences: a learning healthcare system. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics (1st, ed., new ed.). Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.
• Albrecht U, Brönner M, Master craftsperson S & Breil B (2017). Orientation for manufacturers. In U. Albrecht (Ed.), CHARISMHA - Opportunities and risks of health apps, Hannover Medical School.
• Breil B (2017). Digital transformation through eLearning. In D. Matusiewicz, C. Pittelkau & A. Elmer (Eds.), The digital transformation in Health Care, Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.
• Lux T, Breil B, Dörries M, Gensorowsky D, Greiner W, Pfeiffer D, ...Wagner GG (2017). Digitalization in Health Care - between data protection and modern medical care. Wirtschaftsdienst, 97(10), 687-703. doi:10.1007/s10273-017-2200-8.

Scientific journals (last 5 years).

• Kremer L, Lipprandt M, Röhrig R & Breil B (2022). Examining Mental Workload Relating to Digital Health Technologies in Health Care: Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Oct 28;24(10):e40946. doi: 10.2196/40946
• Eminaga O, Shkolyar E, Breil B, Semyonov A, Boegemann M, Xing L, Tinay I & Liao JC. (2022). Artificial Intelligence-Based Prognostic Model for Urologic Cancers: A SEER-Based Study. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jun 26;14(13):3135. doi: 10.3390/cancers14133135
• Alfuth M, Kremer L, König K & Breil B (2022). Perception- and mindfulness-based occupational therapy in people with mental disorders-A retrospective observational study on the use of SELWA treatment. Neuropsychiatrie, 1–9. doi.org/10.1007/s40211-022-00421-4
• Breil B, Salewski C & Apolinário-Hagen J (2022). Comparing the Acceptance of Mobile Hypertension Apps for Disease Management Among Patients Versus Clinical Use Among Physicians: Cross-sectional Survey. JMIR Cardio, 6(1), e31617. doi.org/10.2196/31617
• Breil B, Dederichs M, Kremer L, Richter D, Angerer P & Apolinário-Hagen J. (2021). Awareness and use of digital health services in Germany: a population-representative cross-sectional study. Health Care (Federal Association of Public Health Service Physicians (Germany)). doi.org/10.1055/a-1335-4245
• Kremer, L., Lipprandt, M., Röhrig, R. & Breil, B. (2021). Examining Mental Workload Relating to Digital Health Technologies in Health Care: Protocol for a Systematic Review Focusing on Assessment Methods. doi.org/10.2196/preprints.29126
• Apolinário-Hagen J, Hennemann S, Kück C, Wodner A, Geibel D, Riebschläger M, Zeißler M & Breil B. (2020). Exploring User-Related Drivers of the Early Acceptance of Certified Digital Stress Prevention.
• Programs in Germany. Health services insights, 13, doi.org/10.1177/1178632920911061
• Apolinário-Hagen J, Hennemann S, Fritsche L, Drüge M & Breil B (2019). Determinant factors of public acceptance of stress management apps: Survey study. JMIR Mental Health. doi:10.2196/15373.
• Eminaga O, Al-Hamad O, Boegemann M, Breil B & Semjonow A (2019). Combination possibility and deep learning model as clinical decision-aided approach for prostate cancer. Health informatics journal, 1460458219855884. doi:10.1177/1460458219855884.
• Eminaga O, Eminaga N, Semyonov A & Breil B (2018). Diagnostic Classification of Cystoscopic Images Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. JCO clinical cancer informatics, 2, 1-8. doi:10.1200/CCI.17.00126.

Conference papers (peer-reviewed, last 5 years).

• Kremer L, Schwarz, AK, Röhrig R & Breil B (2022). How Does Mental Workload Influence the Adoption of Clinical Information Systems: An Exploratory Study. Studies in health technology and informatics, 294, 745-749. doi.org/10.3233/SHTI220576
• Kremer L, Gutu R, Leeser L, Breil B, Spitzhirn M and Lux T, "Virtual Process Simulation in Health Care: Potentials and Challenges," 2021 IEEE/ACS 18th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), 2021, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/AICCSA53542.2021.9686871
• Virone C, Kremer L & Breil B (2021). Which Factors of Digitization Bias the Work-Related Stress of Healthcare Employees? A Systematic Review. Studies in healthtechnology and informatics, 281, 916-920. doi.org/10.3233/SHTI210312
• Breil B, Kremer L, Hennemann S & Apolinário-Hagen J. (2019). Acceptance of mHealth Apps for Self-Management Among People with Hypertension. Studies in health technology and informatics, 267, 282-288. doi:10.3233/SHTI190839.
• Breil B, Lux T, Kremer L, Rühl L & Apolinário-Hagen J (2019). Determination, prioritization and analysis of user requirements to prevention apps. IEEE ACS 16th International Conference of Computer Systems and Applications.
• Kremer L, Leeser L & Breil B (2019). Mental Workload Relating Health Information System - A Literature Review. Studies in health technology and informatics, 267, 289-296. doi:10.3233/SHTI190840.
• Kremer L, Sen S & Breil B (2019). Relating Factors for Acceptance of Health Care Technology: Focus on Mental Workload. Studies in health technology and informatics, 264, 1953-1954. doi:10.3233/SHTI190730.
• Breil B, Kremer L, Taweel A & Lux T (2018b). A comparative literature analysis of the Health Informatics curricula. IEEE ACS 15th International Conference of Computer Systems and Applications.
• Kadioglu D, Breil B, Knell C, Lablans M, Mate S, Schlue D, ... Prokosch HU (2018). Samply.MDR - A Metadata Repository and Its Application in Various Research Networks. Studies in health technology and informatics, 253, 50-54.

Completed

• Onko-Wiki
• Project Mobile technology in the clinic
• ERASMUS+ Project HI-Cure

Ongoing

• Acceptance of eHealth applications / health apps
• Measurement of mental workload in the context of medical information systems

Boards and committees of The Hochschule Niederrhein

• Member of the Examinations Board (2014-2020)
• HDW Mentor of The Hochschule Niederrhein (2017-2020)

External tasks and offices

• Member of the joint expert committee "Medical Informatics" of GMDS and GI (2012-2020)
• Member of the steering committee and congress advisory board of the DMEA
• Member of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS)
• Member of the Professional Association of Medical Informaticians e.V. (BVMI)
• Member of the Institute for Health Care Management (IHCM)
• Member of the Competenc Center eHealth (CC eHealth)
• Member of the Advisory Board of MiHUBx - "Medical lnformatics Hub in Saxony".