Abstracts by key term: Chronic inflammatory diseases
The healthcare landscape for patients with chronic inflammatory diseases in Germany appears highly heterogeneous, including with regard to intersectoral care. Significant differences in interdisciplinary collaboration exist, particularly with regard to its structure and organization. Uniform standards and binding quality criteria, such as those required by and for inflammation centers, are also lacking in the outpatient sector. In individual interviews and web conferences with specialists from inflammation centers and outpatient specialists in dermatology, rheumatology, and gastroenterology, recommendations were developed on how intersectoral collaboration could be optimized. The results particularly confirm the experience that uncomplicated communication between specialists working in inflammation centers and in outpatient settings is essential. A dedicated contact person in the inflammation centers and uniform access routes were clearly the top priorities for action.