Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	23
Malignant neoplasm of colon - Malignant neoplasm of cecum (C18.0)	15
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas - Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas (C25.0)	15
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.8)	13
Malignant neoplasm of stomach - Malignant neoplasm of cardia (C16.0)	10
Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50.8)	10
Malignant neoplasm without specification of site - Disseminated malignant neoplasm unspecified (C80.0)	9
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	9
Malignant neoplasm of stomach - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of stomach (C16.8)	8
Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)	8

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	136
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	82
(9-984.8)	82
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	66
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	49
(9-984.9)	46
(9-984.7)	42
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	33
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the bone marrow without surgical incision (1-424)	29
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	29

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ06

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
80	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
80	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
80	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Das AKH Viersen ist Lehrkrankenhaus der Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Wir stellen einen Praxisplatz für die Ausbildung zum/zur ATA zur Verfügung.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Wir stellen Praxisplätze für die Ausbildung zum/zur OTA zur Verfügung.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Seit 2020 bietet das AKH Viersen die Ausbildung als Pflegefachmann/Pflegefachfrau an. Die Kurse starten im März und im September. Der theoretische Teil der Ausbildung erfolgt an der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Viersen GmbH.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Seit 2020 bietet das AKH Viersen die Ausbildung als Pflegefachmann/Pflegefachfrau an. Der theoretische Teil der Ausbildung erfolgt an der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Viersen.