Competence networks in medicine
Competence networks in medicine are supra-regional, disease-specific research networks initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 1999 , the aim of which is to improve cooperation in the horizontal (linking research groups from basic research to health services research) and vertical (transfer of knowledge between Research and supply) level is. As part of the health research program , the BMBF has included a total of 21 disease-specific competence networks in funding at four points in time:
1999:
- on neurological diseases: depression and suicidality , schizophrenia , Parkinson's disease , stroke
- to inflammatory diseases: chronic inflammatory bowel diseases and inflammatory rheumatic systemic diseases
- on cancers: acute and chronic leukemia , malignant lymphoma , pediatric oncology and hematology
2001:
- infectious diseases: community- acquired pneumonia , hepatitis , HIV / AIDS and sepsis
2003:
- on cardiovascular diseases: congenital heart defects , atrial fibrillation and heart failure
from 2007:
- other disease areas: degenerative dementia , obesity , diabetes mellitus , asthma / COPD , multiple sclerosis
The competence networks in medicine work together with other medical research associations and institutions in the umbrella organization TMF - technology and method platform for networked medical research , in order to solve overarching legal, ethical, technological and organizational issues and to jointly develop quality standards.
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- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Ed.): 10 years of competence networks in medicine . Bonn / Berlin 2009.
- V. Zylka-Menhorn: Networked research is the model of the future . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt . Volume 106, issue 27, July 3, 2009.
- M. Reiter: Medical progress through networking . Management & Hospital, July 2009.