Illness	Number of cases
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	154
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	140
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Other pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.8)	124
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	89
Volume depletion (E86)	76
Syncope and collapse (R55)	75
Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure (I11.01)	71
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	66
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.1)	65
Dizziness and giddiness (R42)	63

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	392
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	346
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	311
Interdisciplinary care and screening examination of elderly people (1-770)	255
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)	223
Standard screening examination of elderly people (1-771)	213
Interdisciplinary measures for early postoperative treatment and early rehabilitation of ill elderly people (8-550.1)	211
(9-984.7)	198
(9-984.8)	173
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.1)	155

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 0100

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 participation

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

Number	Group
18	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*
16	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
16	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	ist in den Fachabteilungen Innere Medizin, Chirurgie und Anästhesie möglich

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	in Kooperation mit Krankenpflegeschule Brilon
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Kooperationspartnerschaft mit Kreis Soest und anderen Institutionen vorhanden
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	eigene Ausbildung mit LWL-Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Lippstadt, externer Kooperationspartner mit Bildungsinstitut für Gesundheit Brilon und Walburga Krankenhaus Meschede
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	eigene Ausbildung mit LWL-Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Lippstadt, externer Kooperationspartner mit Bildungsinstitut für Gesundheit Brilon und Walburga Krankenhaus Meschede
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Gesundheit Lippe, Detmold