Illness	Number of cases
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis - Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site (M05.80)	217
Other rheumatoid arthritis - Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor unspecified site (M06.00)	151
Psoriasis (L40.5)	71
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (M05.84)	37
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Polymyalgia rheumatica (M35.3)	37
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified - Pain in unspecified joint (M25.50)	15
Systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.1)	13
Other necrotizing vasculopathies - Other giant cell arteritis (M31.6)	11
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Other specified systemic involvement of connective tissue (M35.8)	11
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (M05.83)	10

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	746
Measurement of the mineral content of the bone - bone density measurement (3-900)	447
(9-984.7)	97
Interdisciplinary management of rheumatoid disease (8-983.1)	73
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	72
(9-984.8)	59
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	52
Treatment by the targeted insertion of a needle into a joint with subsequent administration or removal of substances, e.g. fluid (8-158.h)	46
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	36
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the musculoskeletal system without contrast medium (3-806)	31

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Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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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
34	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*
28	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
27	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen Uni Düsseldorf und umgebende Hochschulen
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Professur an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf mit Lehrauftrag, Lehrauftrag an der Universitätsklinik Essen
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	- Zusammenarbeit mit Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr Universität Bochum (MeRLiN-Studie, CXCL17-Studie)- Zusammenarbeit i. R. der Präparateentnahme mit der UK Düsseldorf - Forschungsvorhaben zu Biomarkern u. Ernährung bei Rheumapatienten mit dem Hiller-Forschungszentrum Rheumatologie (HHU Düsseldorf)
Doctoral supervision	Betreuung von Doktorranden der Medizinischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf und Universität Essen.
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	-federführend bei der Leitlinienentwicklung "Diagnostik und Therapie des Adulten Still-Syndroms der DGRh" - 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
HB19	Nursing professionals	Kooperationspartner der katholischen Bildungsstätte in Kamp-Lintfort.
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	salvea physio
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.