Illness	Number of cases
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis - Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site (M05.80)	247
Other rheumatoid arthritis - Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor unspecified site (M06.00)	173
Psoriasis (L40.5)	97
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Polymyalgia rheumatica (M35.3)	55
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (M05.84)	46
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Other specified systemic involvement of connective tissue (M35.8)	25
Systemic lupus erythematosus - Other forms of systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.8)	20
Systemic sclerosis - CREST syndrome (M34.1)	20
Ankylosing spondylitis of multiple sites in spine (M45.00)	17
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified - Pain in unspecified joint (M25.50)	16

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	765
Measurement of the mineral content of the bone - bone density measurement (3-900)	555
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.31)	147
(9-984.7)	144
Interdisciplinary management of rheumatoid disease (8-983.1)	100
(9-984.8)	98
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	67
Administration of medicines in accordance with List 1 of the procedures list (6-001.d2)	63
Treatment by the targeted insertion of a needle into a joint with subsequent administration or removal of substances, e.g. fluid (8-158.h)	54
Examination of a joint or of a bursa by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-854.7)	41

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0900

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

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

Number	Group
33	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*
21	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
19	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Zusammenarbeit UK Düsseldorf - Forschungsvorhaben zu Biomarkern u. Ernährung bei Rheumapatienten mit dem Hiller-Forschungszentrum Rheumatologie; Interventionelle Studie zum Rauchverzicht (Quisira)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Professur an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf mit Lehrauftrag, Lehrauftrag an der Universitätsklinik Essen
Doctoral supervision	Betreuung von Doktorranden der Medizinischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf und Universität Essen.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen Uni Düsseldorf und umgebende Hochschulen
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	- multizentrische Studie zur Therapie und Diagnostik des adulten Still-Syndroms. Studienleitung in Kooperation mit HHU, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet in Herne und Vogelsang-Gommern/Uni Magdeburg

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	salvea physio
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Kooperationspartner St. Bernhard-Hospital in Kamp-Lintfort und Kaiserswerther Diakonie. Chirurgisch-Technischer Assistenten (CTA) werden ebenfalls in unserer Klinik ausgebildet.
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Kooperationspartner der katholischen Bildungsstätte in Kamp-Lintfort.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Kooperationspartner der katholischen Bildungsstätte in Kamp-Lintfort.
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	salvea physio