Teresa Hochstrasser, PhD candidate at Johannes Kepler University, is a research associate at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Process Management and Business Intelligence and a Master's degree in Logistics Engineering Management. Since 2021, she has been involved in the benchmarking initiative “Leistungsvergleich-Medizin” (LeiVMed), which focuses on benchmarking in Austrian hospitals. She has presented her research at international conferences, including poster contributions at ISQua’s International Conferences in 2023 and 2024.