Illness	Number of cases
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis - Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site (M05.80)	139
Fibromyalgia (M79.70)	106
Other rheumatoid arthritis - Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor unspecified site (M06.00)	61
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Polymyalgia rheumatica (M35.3)	52
Ankylosing spondylitis of multiple sites in spine (M45.00)	37
Psoriasis (L40.5)	28
Other soft tissue disorders not elsewhere classified - Myalgia unspecified site (M79.10)	22
Polyarthrosis - Primary generalized osteoarthritis (M15.0)	20
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue (M35.0)	18
Gout - Idiopathic gout unspecified site (M10.00)	17

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	592
Measurement of the mineral content of the bone - bone density measurement (3-900)	573
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.31)	464
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	221
Interdisciplinary management of rheumatoid disease (8-983.1)	122
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.00)	85
(9-984.7)	61
(9-984.6)	38
Examination of a joint or of a bursa by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-854.7)	34
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.4)	34

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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
11	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*
1	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
1	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Medizinstud. können in jeder Einrichtung des Klinikums Westmünsterland eine Famulatur absolvieren. Acht Ausbildungsplätze für Studenten der Humanmedizin im Praktischen Jahr (PJ) stehen zur Verfügung.