Illness	Number of cases
Fibromyalgia (M79.70)	355
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis - Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site (M05.80)	267
Other rheumatoid arthritis - Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor unspecified site (M06.00)	182
Psoriasis (L40.5)	120
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Polymyalgia rheumatica (M35.3)	83
Ankylosing spondylitis of multiple sites in spine (M45.00)	65
Polyarthrosis - Other polyosteoarthritis (M15.8)	55
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue (M35.0)	47
Systemic sclerosis (M34.8)	46
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Other specified systemic involvement of connective tissue (M35.8)	40

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.31)	1.229
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	805
Interdisciplinary management of rheumatoid disease (8-983.1)	577
Measurement of the mineral content of the bone - bone density measurement (3-900)	396
Specific psychotherapeutic procedure where patients are treated individually - individual therapy (9-410.04)	367
Specific psychotherapeutic procedure where patients are treated in groups - group therapy (9-411.05)	341
Assessment of perception and behaviour by means of standardised tests (1-902.0)	273
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.0)	253
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.22)	227
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.00)	225

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Department key

Department key: 0109

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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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
9	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*
8	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
8	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Prof. Krause: Beirat "Aktuelle Rheumatologie" und "Arthritis&Rheuma" Prof. Schmidt: "Introductory guide to musculoskeletal ultrasound for the rheumatologist"; Lehrbuch Springer Verlag, 3. Auflage 2023
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Prof. Krause, Prof. Schmidt: Secukinumab bei Riesenzellarteriitis Phase 2, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT03765788
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Prof. Krause u. Prof. Schmidt: Mayo Clinic, Univers. Oxford, Univers. Southend, Univers. Leeds (GB), UCLA (Univers. Los Angeles), Univers. Graz u. Wien (Österreich), Univers. Paris, Univers. Barcelona, Univers. Düsseldorf, Univers. Leipzig, Univers. Freiburg, Univers. Mannheim
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Prof. Krause, Prof. Schmidt: versch. internistisch-rheumatologische Lehrveranstaltungen im Rahmen des Modellstudienganges an der Charité, Ausbildung von Studierenden im Prakt. Jahr, Staatsexamensprüfung Innere Medizin im Studiengang Zahnmedizin
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Prof. Krause, Prof. Schmidt: mehrere Studien
Doctoral supervision	Evaluation einer offenen rheumat. Sprechstunde; J. Koch: Untersuchungen z. Pathogenese v. Interstitiellen Lungenerkrankungen b. rheumatoider Arthritis u. systemischer Sklerose mittels Transkriptomanalyse
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Krause und Prof. Schmidt lehren an der Charité
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Prof. Krause: Studie zur Pathogenese von interstitiellen Lungenerkrankungen mittels Transkriptomanalyse; Prof. Schmidt: Eular Recommendations on Imaging in Large Vessel Vasculitis, OMERACT Ultrasound Subtask Force Gout, OMERACT Ultrasound Subtask Force Large Vessel Vasculitis,

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	Ausbildung eigener Auszubildender an der Akademie der Gesundheit in Berlin Buch und Kooperationspartner für die praktische Ausbildung
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Kooperationspartner für die praktische Ausbildung