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Integrierte Versorgung am Beispiel des Herzinfarktverbundes Essen

“Integrated care”—The Essen concept: organizational strategies in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction

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The German “GKV-Modernisierungsgesetz” offers new opportunities for patient care. The concept of “integrated care” provides organizational structures for an standardized treatment of myocardial infarction by bridging the different sectors of the German health care system. Apart from guideline-based therapy, innovative diagnostic (cardiac MRI) and therapeutic (drug-eluting stents) techniques are implemented in the “integrated care” model as well. The “Herzinfarktverbund Essen” is the first national real world experience of the integrated care concept in the treatment of myocardial infarction.

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Im Rahmen des GKV-Modernisierungsgesetzes sind neue Wege der Patientenversorgung möglich. Die Integrierte Versorgung ist eine der Möglichkeiten als Einrichtung einer einheitlichen Versorgungsstruktur zur Behandlung von Patienten. In der leitlinienorientierten Therapie der akuten Myokardinfarkte ist eine solche sektorübergreifende integrierte Versorgung von Vorteil. Die Versorgungskette wird am Beispiel des Herzinfarktverbunds Essen in der gesamten Breite des Sektors ambulant, stationär und in der Rehabilitation dargestellt. Ein wichtiges Merkmal des Modells ist die Garantieleistung und die Einführung innovativer Techniken im Rahmen der Akutbehandlung.

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Sabin, G.V., Bruder, O. Integrierte Versorgung am Beispiel des Herzinfarktverbundes Essen. ZS Kardiologie 94 (Suppl 4), iv90–iv93 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-005-1419-3

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