Illness	Number of cases
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis - Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site (M05.80)	329
Other rheumatoid arthritis - Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor unspecified site (M06.00)	233
Psoriasis (L40.5)	117
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Polymyalgia rheumatica (M35.3)	74
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Other overlap syndromes (M35.1)	51
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified - Pain in unspecified joint (M25.50)	32
Ankylosing spondylitis of multiple sites in spine (M45.00)	26
Systemic sclerosis - CREST syndrome (M34.1)	20
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Other specified systemic involvement of connective tissue (M35.8)	19
Systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.1)	16

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	865
Measurement of the mineral content of the bone - bone density measurement (3-900)	568
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.31)	520
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	299
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	210
(9-984.7)	167
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.0)	142
(9-984.8)	131
Interdisciplinary management of rheumatoid disease (8-983.1)	120
Measurement of the composition of respired air at rest and on physical exercise (1-712)	103

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0900

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

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
41	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*
30	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
23	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Doctoral supervision	Betreuung von Doktorranden der Medizinischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf und Universität Essen.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Professur an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf mit Lehrauftrag, Lehrauftrag an der Universitätsklinik Essen
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen Uni Düsseldorf und umgebende Hochschulen
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Zusammenarbeit UK Düsseldorf - Forschungsvorhaben zu Biomarkern u. Ernährung bei Rheumapatienten mit dem Hiller-Forschungszentrum Rheumatologie; Interventionelle Studie zum Rauchverzicht (Quisira)
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	- multizentrische Studie zur Therapie und Diagnostik des adulten Still-Syndroms. Studienleitung in Kooperation mit HHU, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet in Herne und Vogelsang-Gommern/Uni Magdeburg
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Studienambulanz

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	Kooperationspartner der Pflegeschule Bork.
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.