UKE supply research projects are funded
03.02.2017 10:59
Eight projects in the areas of “care research” and “new forms of care” led by doctors and scientists from the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) are funded by the Innovation Committee at the Federal Joint Committee. In addition, the UKE is involved in a further ten projects as a consortium partner. In total, these projects will receive around 14.6 million euros from the Innovation Fund. The largest individual funding of 6.8 million euros comes from the area of “New Forms of Care”. It goes to the RECOVER consortium led by the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, which wants to introduce a new integrated care model.
“I am pleased that the Innovation Fund supports so many projects with UKE participation that are aimed at improving existing supply systems. This recognizes the great contribution of the UKE to optimized patient care,” says Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Koch-Gromus, Dean of the Medical Faculty.
The individual projects under UKE management
Prof. Dr. Martin Lambert, Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the UKE: Model of cross-sector coordinated, severity-graded, evidence-based care for mental illnesses (RECOVER). A new integrated care model in the metropolitan region of Hamburg and the rural, small-town region of Steinburg (Itzehoe). The funding amount is 6.8 million euros.
Prof. Dr. Eike S. Debus, Clinic and Polyclinic for Vascular Medicine at UKE: IDOMENEO Study - Is the reality of care in vascular medicine consistent with guidelines and care? Funding amount 3.2 million euros.
Prof. Dr. Hans-Helmut König, Institute for Health Economics and Health Care Research at UKE: Comparison of the predictive validity of instruments for determining potentially inappropriate medication in older people (PIM-STOP). Funding amount 150,000 euros.
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Götz Thomalla, Department of Neurology at the UKE: Quality of results through Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in stroke patients in clinical routine (EPOS). Funding amount 500,000 euros.
Prof. Dr. Holger Schulz, Institute and Polyclinic for Medical Psychology at the UKE: Development of a short instrument to measure health-related quality of life in cancer patients and analysis of the implementation (PRO-ONK routine). Funding amount 480,000 euros.
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Uwe Verthein, Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the UKE: Extent and trends of problematic medication of benzodiazepines, Z-substances, opioid analgesics and antidepressants in statutory health insurance patients (ProMeKa). Funding amount 270,000 euros.
Prof. Dr. Martin Scherer, Institute of General Medicine at UKE: Development and validation of quality indicators for multimorbidity (MULTIqual). Funding amount 630,000 euros.
Prof. Dr. Rainer Kiefmann, Clinic and Polyclinic for Anaesthesiology at the UKE: PeriAge - optimization of perioperative care for older patients. Funding amount 420,000 euros.
Health services research at the UKE
15 of the 18 funded projects with UKE participation come from the area of health services research. The main focus here is, among other things, the further development of quality assurance and patient safety in care, the improvement of instruments for measuring quality of life and the use and linking of routine data. Health care research is one of the UKE's research priorities; the activities are coordinated by the Center for Health Care Research (CHCR). The task of the CHCR is to bundle existing health care research competencies at the UKE and the University of Hamburg and to promote and support corresponding projects in various health care areas. Further information: www.uke.de/chcr
An overview of all funded projects: https://innovationsfonds.g-ba.de/projekte/
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