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Tag: Provision of aids
International publication on the results of platform-based supply management of assistive devices for ALS
In January 2018, the international journal Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration published the results of a care management program for assistive devices in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) via the Ambulanzpartner internet platform. The provision of assistive devices is of central importance in ALS. Despite its socio-medical relevance, the provision of assistive devices in ALS…
The Ambulance Partner Academy program for 2017 is ready
In 2017, the Ambulanzpartner Akademie is once again offering exciting seminars for participants in the care network and interested guests. The thematic focus this year is clearly on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Since Ambulanzpartner was founded in 2011, over 6,500 people with ALS have been cared for in our network. We would like to share the…
The ALS consultation at Halle University Hospital is a new member of the OutpatientPartner network
The special consultation for ALS at the Outpatient Clinic of the Neurological University Hospital Halle (Saale) has been a new partner in the OutpatientPartner network since November 2016. Our network currently consists of 2,300 people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who are treated at the university hospitals in Berlin, Bochum, Dresden, Hanover, Magdeburg, Jena, Rostock…
Publication of supply data in the area of medical aids from the AmbulanzPartner network
A first scientific evaluation of aggregated care data from the Outpatient Partner Network was published this month in “Der Nervenarzt” – the official publication of the German Society of Neurology (DGN). The publication analyzes data on the provision of assistive devices for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the period from June 2011 to…
Science prize from the German Neurological Society for the network of ALS outpatient clinics and AmbulanzPartner
During this year’s annual conference of the German Society of Neurology (DGN) in Munich, the DGN poster prize in the motor neuron and muscle diseases category was awarded to a consortium of university ALS outpatient clinics and AmbulanzPartner. The award was given for the scientific contribution ‘Provision of aidsin ALS – analysis from 3 years…
OutpatientPartner Academy with new courses on interdisciplinary spasticity treatment in the network
Since June 2014, the AmbulanzPartner Academy has been offering the course“Interdisciplinary spasticity treatment in a network“. The one-day course is aimed at those involved in spasticity treatment, in particular doctors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists as well as neuroorthetics providers. The course develops a concept for interdisciplinary and networked spasticity treatment with botulinum neurotoxin, physiotherapy and…
Three years of internet-based supply management of medical aids with AmbulanzPartner – presentation at Neurowoche 2014
At the Neurowoche 2014 together with the 87th Congress of the German Society of Neurology (DGN) on September 16, 2014 in Munich, the results of three years of Internet-based care management of assistive devices in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with AmbulanzPartner will be presented in the scientific program.Background: ALS is a prototypical disease for the…
AmbulanzPartner analysis: High regional differences in the rejection rate of aids for ALS
AmbulanzPartner and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin analyzed 1,254 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to determine the rejection rates by health insurance companies and the regional differences in care. Between March 2011 and March 2014, 7,394 medical aids were prescribed by a specialist neurologist and recorded on the AmbulanzPartner.de internet portal. The rejection rate by…
Medizin-Technische Dialog (MTDialog) – Interview with Thomas Meyer, founder of AmbulanzPartner
The trade journal “Medizin-Technische Dialog (MTDialog)” features an interview with Thomas Meyer, a founder of AmbulanzPartner (with 13 questions and answers) in its 4-2013 issue (39th year). The topic is“Networks, ambulance partners and care“.