Dominik G. Brammen

Dominik G. Brammen
  • Dr. med.
  • Project Manager at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

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Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
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  • Project Manager

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Publications (81)
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Background Acute abdominal pain (AAP) is a major driver for capacity-use in emergency departments (EDs) worldwide. Yet, the health care utilization of patients with AAP before and after the ED remains unclear. The primary objective of this study was to describe adult patients presenting to the ED with AAP and their outpatient care (OC) use before a...
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Zusammenfassung Ziel des digitalen Notfallmanagements ist, dass alle Akteure der Rettungskette sich bei einem Notfalleinsatz elektronisch miteinander austauschen und auf alle Informationen, die für die optimale Versorgung der Patientin relevant sind, zugreifen und miteinander kommunizieren können. Für den Einsatz der Digitalisierung im Notfallmanag...
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Background Emergency dispatch centres are the first actuator between an emergency and professional medical service. In the phone call, dispatchers have to precisely register essential data like consciousness, breathing and location of the emergency, followed by dispatch of the emergency medical service. Designed to improve precision in dispatch and...
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Background Compelling data on clinical emergency medicine is required for healthcare system management. The aim of this survey was to describe the nationwide status quo of emergency care in Germany at the healthcare system level using the Utstein reporting template as the guideline to measure the data collected. Methods This cross-sectional survey...
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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund In Deutschland gibt es bisher keine Gesundheitsberichterstattung zu sektorenübergreifenden Versorgungsverläufen im Kontext einer Notaufnahmeversorgung. Das Projekt INDEED (Inanspruchnahme und sektorenübergreifende Versorgungsmuster von Patienten in Notfallversorgungsstrukturen in Deutschland) erhebt Routinedaten aus 16...
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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Vor dem Hintergrund der steigenden Inanspruchnahme und aktuellen Veränderungen in der Notfallversorgung ist eine standardisierte Erfassung relevanter Kennzahlen in Notaufnahmen zwingend erforderlich. Ziel der Arbeit Es werden die Konsentierung von Inhalten und technische Umsetzung eines automatisierten Reportings für N...
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Hintergrund In Deutschland gibt es bisher keine Gesundheitsberichterstattung zu sektorenübergreifenden Versorgungsverläufen im Kontext einer Notaufnahmeversorgung. Das Projekt INDEED (Inanspruchnahme und sektorenübergreifende Versorgungsmuster von Patienten in Notfallversorgungsstrukturen in Deutschland) erhebt Routinedaten aus 16 Notaufnahmen, die...
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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die Notfallversorgung befindet sich im Umbruch. In Notaufnahmen werden Patienten ausgehend von Symptomen und Dringlichkeit versorgt; dies bildet sich jedoch in den etablierten Routinedaten der gesetzlichen Sozialversicherung nicht ab. Ziel des AKTIN-Projekts war der Aufbau einer datenschutzkonformen Registerinfrastruktu...
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Die Qualität der Versorgung, ihre Sicherung, Verbesserung und Incentivierung sind das erklärte Ziel der Gesetzgebung im Gesundheitswesen der letzten Jahre. Der Qualitätsmonitor widmet sich mit der aktuellen Ausgabe der Notfallversorgung, der Transparenzmängel und Steuerungsdefizite attestiert werden. Für die Diskussion über die Qualität und die Wei...
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Die Datenelemente für Notaufnahmedokumentationssysteme sind die Weiterentwicklung des Notaufnahmeprotokoll Datensatzes V2015.1. Diese Datendefinition definiert die Datenelemente, die während der innerklinischen Versorgung eines notfallmedizinischen Patienten in einer Notaufnahme / Notfallambulanz / Notfallzentrum erfolgt. Dabei werden externe Daten...
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Zusammenfassung .. zur Sicherung einer qualitativ hochwertigen Patientenversorgung durch interne oder externe Quali-tatsmanagementverfahren sind aktuelle, standardisierte und somit vergleichbare Daten unerlässlich. In der Akut-und Notfallmedizin stellen dabei Register eine wichtige Datenquelle für das Qualitätsmana-gement, die Versorgungsforschung...
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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Nicht nur im Kontext der Neuordnung der Notfallversorgung in Deutschland besteht derzeit ein hoher Bedarf an Daten aus Notaufnahmen. Für die Versorgungsforschung bieten sich Daten an, welche auf gesetzlicher Grundlage generiert werden. Unterschiedliche Kostenträger und Abrechnungsmodi stellen eigene Anforderungen an die...
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The German Emergency Department Data Registry (GEDD-registry, AKTIN) provides an infrastructure for collecting and querying up-to-date medical records in a distributed manner. Within this framework, a benchmark report on cross-institutional comparison using the program R is prepared using routine data of participating hospitals. Currently, 16 emerg...
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Scientific challenges based on benchmark data enable the comparison and evaluation of different algorithms and take place regularly in scientific disciplines like medical image processing, text mining or genetics. The idea of a challenge is rarely applied within the eHealth community. Mappathon is a metadata mapping challenge that asks for methods...
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Background Some of the advantages of implementing electronic emergency department information systems (EDIS) are improvements in data availability and simplification of statistical evaluations of emergency department (ED) treatments. However, for multi-center evaluations, standardized documentation is necessary. The AKTIN project (“National Emergen...
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In den Notaufnahmen deutscher Krankenhäuser werden jährlich ca. 21 Millionen Patienten behandelt – Tendenz stetig steigend. Lange Zeit wurden die Behandlungsdaten in den Notaufnahmen nicht standardisiert erhoben. Allgemeingültige Aussagen zu den Patienten und deren Versorgung waren nicht verfügbar. Die Erhebung der Behandlungsdaten war bisher auf r...
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Hintergrund und Ziel: Aktuell besteht ein hoher Bedarf an Daten um das Versorgungsgeschehen in Notaufnahmen abzubilden. Bei der Formulierung von Fragestellungen wird oft zwischen ambulanter und stationärer Versorgung unterschieden. Die Trennung ist jedoch nicht eindeutig und kann je nach Definition zu unterschiedlichen Fallzahlen führen. Diese Pro...
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Standardisierung und Digitalisierung der Dokumentation in der Medizin schreiten zunehmend voran. In dem Beschluss des Gemeinsamen Bundesauschusses zu einem gestuften System von Notfallstrukturen in Krankenhäusern sowie in dem Gutachten des Sachverständigenrates zur Entwicklung im Gesundheitswesen Bedarfsgerechte Steuerung der Gesundheitsversorgung...
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Die Etablierung eines nationalen Dokumentationsstandards in deutschen Notaufnahmen ist dringend notwendig und steht seit vielen Jahren aus. Dieser ist die Grundlage, um das geforderte Benchmarking und die externe Qualitätssicherung von Notaufnahmen zu gewährleisten. Mit dem DIVI-Notaufnahmeprotokoll V2015.1 existiert ein konsentierter interdiszipli...
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As part of the AKTIN project, an interoperable interface for the transmission of standardized routine data (based on the GEDMR V2015.1) to the GEDDRegistry data warehouse (DWH) was implemented in the model hospitals. Data evaluation showed missing and incorrect values in the DWH. It was necessary to systematically identify and quantify possible sou...
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Background About 14 million emergency runs take place annually in Germany. However, little systematic quality assurance (QA) that includes the course of the patient, medical outcomes and interregional comparisons is conducted. Aim The article highlights the status quo, need and vision of integrated quality assurance. Methods We searched the liter...
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Interoperability between emergency department (ED) information systems requires a shared data specification. In 2013 Health Level Seven International, an international standards body, approved a specification for Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS) for use in the United States. A similar specification was created in Germany for n...
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Hintergrund: In den letzten Jahren haben sich Sekundärdatenanalysen in der Versorgungsforschung als eigener Forschungszweig etabliert. Die dafür genutzten Routinedaten werden in der Regel bei der Abrechnung von Leistungserbringern mit den Kostenträgern erfasst. Die meisten Patienten in der Krankenhaus-Notaufnahme werden im Rahmen der gesetzlichen K...
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A standardized medical record for the emergency department (GEDMR) was released in Germany, but only sparsely and randomly implemented by emergency department (ED) electronic health record (EHR) vendors. A reason for this may be a lacking common language between the medical and the Health Information Technology (HIT) domain. HL7 clinical document a...
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Introduction: The German Emergency Department Medical Record (GEDMR) was created by medical domain experts and healthcare providers providing a dataset as well as a form. The trauma module of GEDMR was syntactically standardized using HL7 CDA and semantically standardized using different terminologies including SNOMED CT, LOINC and proprietary cod...
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Background: Combined epidural analgesia (EA) and patient controlled analgesia (PCA) for postoperative pain control after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is well established. Previous studies demonstrated the effectiveness of femoral nerve block (FNB) in combination with PCA. This study compares clinical efficiency and adverse events of pain therapy o...
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Background: The point of entry of a patient in emergency care is a symptom or a complaint. To evaluate subsequent processes in an emergency department until a diagnosis is made, this information has to be taken into account. Objectives: We report the introduction of coded presenting complaints into the electronic medical record system of an emer...
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Objectives: The patient's presenting complaint guides diagnosis and treatment in the emergency department, but there is no classification system available in German. The Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) Presenting Complaint List (PCL) is available only in English and French. As translation risks the altering of meaning, the...
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As part of the German Project AKTIN, data security arises as an important issue. The context of this issue was detailed and the requirements were determined, with special focus on the hospital's point of view. The solution is illustrated in this poster. Further use cases in other medical or study context are also discussed.
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As part of the German Project AKTIN, data security arises as an important issue. The context of this issue was detailed and the requirements were determined, with special focus on the hospital's point of view. The solution is illustrated in this poster. Further use cases in other medical or study context are also discussed.
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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund In deutschen Notaufnahmen werden aktuell etwa 22 Mio. Patienten pro Jahr behandelt, ohne dass eine strukturierte Qualitätssicherung / Qualitätsmanagement anhand nationaler Qualitätsindikatoren existiert. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Beschreibung der Ergebnisse einer erstmaligen standardisierten Bewertung von inte...
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Background Emergency department processes are often key for successful treatment. Therefore, collection of quality indicators is demanded. A basis for the collection is systematic, electronic documentation. The development of paper-based documentation into an electronic and interoperable national emergency registry is—besides the establishment of q...
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Background Complications and comorbidities are encodable in the German diagnosis related groups (G-DRG) system and can improve revenues. In this study, secondary diagnoses were identified through drug administrations during anaesthesia and were economically evaluated by regrouping these cases. Methods All intraoperative drug administrations from 20...
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Die Übersicht beschreibt die Tätigkeiten der Sektion Notaufnahmeprotokoll der Deutschen Interdisziplinären Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin (DIVI). Die interdisziplinäre und interprofessionelle Arbeitsgruppe wurde 2007 gegründet. Trotz gesetzlicher Vorgaben und erfolgreicher Projekte zur Verbesserung der Patientenversorgung mit dezidier...
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In dem durch das BMBF geförderte Verbundforschungsprojekt „Verbesserung der Versorgungsforschung in der Akutmedizin in Deutschland durch den Aufbau eines nationalen Notaufnahmeregisters“ (AKTIN) soll die Basis für ein Notaufnahmeregister mit Zugriff auf klinische Primärdaten aus der Patientenversorgung erarbeitet werden.
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Hintergrund Im Rettungsdienst Tätige unterliegen der Schweigepflicht und dem Datenschutzrecht. Mit der zunehmenden Verbreitung digitaler Dokumentationssysteme und der daraus erwachsenden Möglichkeiten auf den Zugriff von Patientendaten wird die Kenntnis und Einhaltung dieser Regeln immer wichtiger. Fragestellung Mit dieser Arbeit werden die relevan...
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Core Dataset “Emergency Department” of the German Interdisciplinary Association of Critical Care an Emergency Medicin (DIVI). Basis for healthcare research and quality control in emergency departments Abstract Background. Until recently no standards for the documentation of emergency patients in Germany existed, impairing the analysis of this group...
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Emergency rooms of hospitals provide care to a lot of patients and have great impact on their outcome, so researching the quality of care seems important. Research using registries has yielded impressive results in other areas of medicine. However centralized data-storage has its pitfalls, especially regarding data privacy. We therefore drafted an...
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Emergency rooms of hospitals provide care to a lot of patients and have great impact on their outcome, so researching the quality of care seems important. Research using registries has yielded impressive results in other areas of medicine. However centralized data-storage has its pitfalls, especially regarding data privacy. We therefore drafted an...
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Background: Recent years have seen the development of numerous innovative technologies and procedures in the area of prehospital emergency care. The aim of the present survey is to provide an overview of how the various technologies and procedures have been implemented, and how medical directors of the emergency services (MDES) assess their suitabi...
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Der fortgeschriebene Minimale Notfalldatensatz MIND3 ist ein Kerndatensatz, der eine definierte und von der DIVI autorisierte Menge an Merkmalen und Merkmalsbeschreibungen enthält, die zur Dokumentation der prähospitalen Notfallrettung durch Rettungs- und Notarztdienst erforderlich sind. Der modulare Aufbau ermöglicht eine situations- und einsatzge...
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The minimal data set in German Emergency Medicine MIND3 is a core data set which contains a defined and by the DIVI authorised amount in signs and sign descriptions which are necessary to the documentation of the prehospital emergency rescue by rescue and emergency doctor's service. The modular construction allows a documentation appropriate for ap...
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The working group "Electronic Data Processing" of the forum "Quality Management and Economics" of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and the German Association of Anaesthesiologists has already published specific recommendations and requirements for the implementation of DP systems in intensive care and anaesthesia. N...
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In this article first results are presented of our new method for vision based recognition of pain from facial expressions. Incorporating a series of image processing, low level computer vision and pattern rec-ognition techniques the proposed method not only de-tects facial expressions of pain but also ones related to emotion or neutrally speaking...
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In this article first results are presented of our new method for vision based recognition of pain from facial expressions. Incorporating a series of image processing, low level computer vision and pattern recognition techniques the proposed method not only detects facial expressions of pain but also ones related to emotion or neutrally speaking su...
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Objective Within the German diagnosis related groups (G-DRG) system, the accurate coding of the co-morbidity „failed or difficult intubation (T88.4)” may be relevant with respect to reimbursement. In this study, the impact of this typical anesthesia co-morbidity on revenues of an university hospital was investigated. Methods The computerized record...
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Within the German diagnosis related groups (G-DRG) system, the accurate coding of the co-morbidity "failed or difficult intubation (T88.4)" may be relevant with respect to reimbursement. In this study, the impact of this typical anesthesia co-morbidity on revenues of an university hospital was investigated. The computerized records of 21,204 anesth...
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In anesthesia and intensive care logistic regression analysis are often used to generate predictive models for risk assessment. Strictly seen only independent variables should be represented in such prognostic models. Using anesthesia-information-management-systems a lot of (depending) information is stored in a database during the preoperative war...
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The goal of this paper is to describe the clinical needs and the informational methodology which led to the realization of a new graphical user interface for a patient data chart application. It is an integral part of the Patient Data Management System (PDMS) ICUData which is in routine use at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Department for Ane...
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Within surgical departments, a large amount of antibiotics is used for perioperative prophylaxis. Despite the existence of several guidelines and recommendations for administering antibiotic prophylaxis, mistakes still do occur and have an unknown impact on outcome severity. Based on the electronic anaesthesia records of 4304 patients undergoing de...
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The development of medical research networks within the framework of translational research has fostered interest in the integration of clinical and biological research data in a common database. The building of one single database integrating clinical data and biological research data requires a concept which enables scientists to retrieve informa...
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A number of developments have been made in computerized patient data management systems (PDMSs), making them of interest to medical and nursing staff as a means of improving patient care. The aim of this study was to assess the capability of a PDMS to record and provide drug-administration data and to investigate whether the PDMS may be used as a m...
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Objective To evaluate prospectively, whether the TISS-28 (Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System) and the Nine Equivalents of Nursing Manpower Use Score (NEMS) can be equally used to represent the nursing expense of an operative intensive care unit (ICU). Methods For this study all patients aged 18 years or older, treated in the year 2002 for at l...
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The major intent of this article was to describe the design principles of the drug-therapy documentation module of the Patient Data Management System (PDMS) ICUData, in routine use at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital of Giessen, Germany, since February 1999. The...
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In our department, we have been using an Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) for five years. In this study, we tested to what extent data extracted from the AIMS could be suitable for the supervision and time-management of operating rooms. From 1995 to 1999, all relevant data from 103,264 anesthetic procedures were routinely recorded on...
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In der Abteilung Anaesthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin der JLU Gießen erfolgt die Narkosedokumentation bereits seit 1995 mit einem Anasthesie-Informations-Management-System [1]. Seit Januar 1999 wird darüber hinaus auf 14 Routinebetten der Operativen Intensivstation die komplette Patientenakte mit dem neuentwickelten Patienten-Daten-Manage...
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Die vorliegende Arbeit hatte die Erfassung, Beschreibung und Bewertung der medikamentösen einschließlich der antimikrobiellen Therapie einer Operativen Intensivstation mit Hilfe eines Patienten-Daten-Management-Systems (PDMS) zum Ziel. Zu diesem Zweck wurden Werkzeuge für die Analyse der Medikamentendaten entwickelt. Auf Basis dieser Werkzeuge wurd...

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