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Interior design is more than ensuring mere functionality – it is also a form of communication. We create holistic planning and interior design concepts for hospitals in which patients, doctors and nursing staﬀ alike will feel comfortable. Planning and execu- tion are carried out in accordance with all building standards and legal requirements. We will be happy to assist you! HOSPITAL FURNITURE & REFURBISHMENT What Color Schemes Make Patients Feel Comfortable? HENRY SCHEIN Medical GmbH Alt-Moabit 90b • 10559 Berlin Tel. +49 (0) 541 - 56 95 15 49 info@henryschein-med.de www.healthcare-in-europe.com 3NEWS & MANAGEMENT A graduate from the Higher Technical Federal Education and Research Institute, in 2006 engineer Friedrich Prem, left his job as head of the Technical Review Division of the Vienna Municipal Hospital Association (Wiener Krankenanstaltenverband – KAV) to lead KAV’s Technical Division. His responsibilities there include overseeing the construction of several specialised hospitals, as well as their technical and property management. In addition to Prem’s career in the public sector, he has been active in the private sector since 1999. He is a member of several expert bodies and author of a book on the management of large construction projects (Starke Bauherren – Komplexe Bauprojekte effizient und erfolgreich managen). Photo:KAV/LisaLux when new directors were appointed to the gynaecology and neonatology departments, process changes were needed. ‘In this situation,’ he points out, ‘it’s an enormous advantage if your organisational project is sepa- rated from your construction project.’ Support in the transition from paediatric to adult healthcare Coming of age with a chronic disease Report: Bettina Döbereiner During the transition from child to adult many teens with chronic dis- eases somehow slip through the healthcare cracks between paediat- ric and adult medicine. Compliance deteriorates, regular check-ups are missed – an international problem, as many studies indicate. A promis- ing programme, launched in Berlin, helps teens to manage this difficult change. The five-year pilot project began at DRK Kliniken Berlin-Westend; over a two-year period, to make the transition to adult healthcare, professional case managers accom- panied adolescents with type II diabetes or epilepsy, who had been patients at various paediatric institu- tions in and around Berlin. The successful pilot was turned into the permanent Berliner TransitionsProgramm (BTP), which targets teens in Berlin, and north- ern Germany, with six different chronic conditions. 140 adolescents are enrolled in the programme, 80 have already completed it. One major issue is financing, since only a few of the statutory health insurers reimburse costs. This is ‘a major limitation’, says Dr Silvia Müther, BTP project manager and diabetologist at the Paediatric Diabetes Centre, at DRK Hospital Berlin. Müther would like to see BTP classified as a regular service covered by the statutory health insurers, so that all adolescents could benefit from the programme. On an international level, the Berlin project is unique, Dr Müther explains, because it targets sev- eral indications, is multidisciplinary and envisages reimbursement-based funding. Previously described tran- sition projects have focused on one indication, are tied to a specific institution, privately funded and temporary. Thus BTP might serve as a blue- print on the national and even European level: expansion scenarios are being developed. To make the difficult transition from paediatric to adult healthcare, for two years adolescents with chronic diseases are accompanied by case managers from the Berliner TransitionsProgramm (BTP) at DRK Kliniken Berlin- Westend. Communication is phone and internet based rather than face-to-face. Since teens tend to prefer new media, an app was developed to facilitate interaction between the case managers and their young patients. ©BTP Tel. +49 (0) 541 - 56951549

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