Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	1.123
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Lobar pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.1)	223
Medical observation and evaluation for suspected diseases and conditions (Z03.8)	79
Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of middle ear and respiratory and intrathoracic organs - Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of trachea bronchus and lung (D38.1)	72
Sleep disorders (G47.38)	65
Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites - Acute upper respiratory infection unspecified (J06.9)	46
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia (J96.10)	45
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	40
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Acute respiratory failure unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia (J96.00)	36
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22)	35

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	1.238
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.005
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	856
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	559
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for treatment of respiratory disorders during sleep (8-717.1)	554
(9-984.7)	410
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	341
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	303
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for treatment of respiratory disorders during sleep (8-717.0)	238
(9-984.8)	222

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0100

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

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
120	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Doctoral supervision
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Die St. Elisabeth Gruppe verfügt über eine gruppeneigene Akademie der Physio- und Ergotherapie. http://www.elisabethgruppe.de/krankenpflegeschule-akademie-der-physio-und-ergotherapie.html
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Das Krankenhaus verfügt über eine eigene Ausbildungsstätte für Pflegeberufe.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Die St. Elisabeth Gruppe verfügt über eine gruppeneigene Akademie der Physio- und Ergotherapie. http://www.elisabethgruppe.de/krankenpflegeschule-akademie-der-physio-und-ergotherapie.html
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Der praktische Teil der Ausbildung wird im Marien Hospital Herne absolviert.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.