Illness	Number of cases
Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48.1)	177
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	118
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Atypical atrial flutter (I48.4)	45
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Typical atrial flutter (I48.3)	41
Paroxysmal tachycardia - Supraventricular tachycardia (I47.1)	30
Other cardiac arrhythmias - Ventricular premature depolarization (I49.3)	15
Other conduction disorders - Pre-excitation syndrome (I45.6)	6
Malignant neoplasm of colon - Malignant neoplasm of sigmoid colon (C18.7)	not specified
Paroxysmal tachycardia - Ventricular tachycardia (I47.2)	not specified
Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48.2)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	311
Radio-controlled cardiological telemetry (8-933)	230
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with electric shocks - defibrillation (8-640.0)	228
Electrical measurement of the heart in looking for the cause of a cardiac arrhythmia - cardiac mapping (1-268.1)	213
Measurement of the electrical activity of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery - electrophysiological investigation (1-265.e)	208
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted via an artery and across the septum of the heart (1-274.3)	208
X-rays of the veins in the neck and chest with contrast medium (3-611.1)	192
Destruction of the heart tissue because of a cardiac arrhythmia (8-835.a5)	146
Electrical measurement of the heart in looking for the cause of a cardiac arrhythmia - cardiac mapping (1-268.0)	115
Measurement of the electrical activity of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery - electrophysiological investigation (1-265.f)	76

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
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External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01

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

Number	Group
62	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*
55	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
53	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
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	RESTORE-LIFE Studie - Vagusnervstimulation bei Depression (Kooperation Psychiatrie mit Uniklinik Köln)
Doctoral supervision	Regelmäßige Betreuung in allen Fachabteilungen
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Psychiatrie: Universitätsklinik Köln und Witten/Herdecke
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Das große Spektrum der Diagnostik- und Therapieeinrichtungen unseres Hauses garantiert eine intensive und umfassende Ausbildung während des Praktischen Jahres. Eine gute interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit aller am Haus etablierten Fachabteilungen ist Grundlage für die klinisch orientierte Ausbildung.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Ausbildung erfolgt in Kooperation mit einer Vertragespraxis für Physiotherapie (Firma Plümpe)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Bildungsstätte für Pflege Rhein-Berg, Dauer: 3 Jahre, Beginn jeweils am 1. Oktober und 1. April, Die Ausbildung endet mit einer staatlichen Prüfung. Abschluss: Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger/-in (geschützte Berufsbezeichnung).
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Im Zusammenarbeit mit der Rheinischen Feuerwehr werden Notfallsanitäter ausgebildet.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Bildungsstätte für Pflege Rhein-Berg, Dauer: 3 Jahre, Beginn jeweils am 1. Oktober und 1. April, Die Ausbildung endet mit einer staatlichen Prüfung. Abschluss: Pflegefachfrau, Pflegefachmann
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung erfolgt in Kooperation mit einer Fachschule.