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23.10.2024: Registration for SCQM database training for healthcare professionals

Would you like a customised and free training for you and your team? You can easily book a customised training course using our contact form. Alternatively, we organise regular webinars, which you can register for here (DE | FR).

Next dates for webinars 
18/11/2024 | 12:00-13:00 | DE
21/11/2024 | 12:00-13:00 | DE
02/12/2024 | 12:00-13:00 | DE  
05/12/2024 | 12:00-13:00 | FR

Contents

  • Presentation of the SCQM Foundation
  • Insight into the database and its benefits for healthcare professionals and patients
  • Q&A session 
     

We look forward to welcoming you or your team to the webinar.

21.08.2024: Visit us at the SGR-Congress in Lausanne

You can't find the time in your daily practice routine to familiarise with the SCQM patient register or exchange ideas with us? Take the opportunity and visit us at the SGR Congress at our booth (no. 18).

In a short session you can learn about the patient registry and its benefits for your everyday practice. On top of that, two workshops on the topic of ‘VITH & SCQM for the practice - quality work is paid for, register work is rewarded’ will take place, led by Dr Michael Andor.

Dr Catherine Raptis, Deputy Head of Science at the SCQM Foundation, will be happy to show you our services associated with research projects and give you insights into the numerous studies conducted with SCQM data.


Book a meeting with us!  
We gladly take the time to inform you about the patient registry and our services. Simply book a time slot at our booth in advance or visit us spontaneously.

Book a meeting now  

Workshop (german)

VITH & SCQM für die Praxis - Qualitätsarbeit wird bezahlt, Registerarbeit belohnt

  • Date: 06.09.2024
  • Time: 11:30 am and 1:30 pm
  • Moderation: Dr med. M. Andor, Uster 

We cordially invite you to participate in the poster sessions on studies with SCQM data. All information on the poster sessions can be found here.

We look forward to welcoming you at our booth no. 18 and the workshops at the SGR Congress!

26.03.2024: New regulation regarding biosimilars

Measures to promote generics and biosimilars came into force on January 1, 2024. The Swiss Rheumatism League explains the changes that you should know about as a patient. Pharmacists are now allowed to replace an original biological medicine prescribed by a doctor with an available, cheaper biosimilar. Important: If this is the case for you and the medication in mySCQM is no longer up to date, please inform your doctor. Alternatively, you can also contact the SCQM office so that your medication can be entered correctly in the SCQM database again. In this way, you will help to maintain the integrity of the SCQM data - thank you very much for your valuable contribution!

25.01.2024: New brochure for doctors

Our new brochure (DE, FR) for doctors is now available! It is intended to show medical professionals the benefits of active participation in the SCQM patient registry.

We hope you enjoy reading it.

14.12.2023: Results of the methotrexate survey from July 2022

In the July 2022 newsletter, we shared a survey about their experiences with methotrexate with those affected who are included in the SCQM register.

Kristina Bürki, nursing expert in rheumatology at the University Hospital Zurich, who is involved in the international project, provides us with a lay summary of the results of the survey here.

To the lay summary (DE / FR / IT)

14.12.2023: Video recording of the SCQM webinar on healthcare staff

Our lunch webinar took place on 9 November 2023. This was recorded and is now available on our website.

Content:

  • Pregnancy register RePreg (Prof. Dr Frauke Förger, Inselspital Bern)  
  • Benefits of the SCQM patient registry for those affected (Heidi Voser, participant in the SCQM patient registry)  
  • SCQM-DETECTRA study - rheumatology goes digital!  
    (Prof. Dr Thomas Hügle, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, CHUV)  
  • Milestones and visions of the SCQM (Judith Safford, SCQM Executive Board)

To the video recording (only in German)

23.08.2023: The practical benefits of the SCQM patient registry for affected persons

On the occasion of the Swiss Axial Spondyloarthritis Meeting 2023, Dr Judith Safford, Executive Director of the SCQM Fondation and member of the Swiss Axial Spondyloarthritis Association, gave a video presentation. She spoke about the importance and benefits of the patient registry and about current challenges in the health care system.

You can find the whole presentation on bechterew.ch

11.06.2023: Rheumatology goes digital!

Start of the new SCQM-DETECTRA study. Through photos of the hands, finger folds can be measured and compared with joint swellings.
Have we sparked your interest?
Read more here:

Information for patients (in German, in French, in Italian)

Information for healthcare professionals (in German, in French, in Italian)

For questions and further information please contact Cinja Koller (cinja.koller_at_unil.ch)

19.04.2023: Maelstrom

The Maelstrom metadata catalogue contains record descriptions from 378 global studies, facilitating collaboration in epidemiological research.

As part of the Swiss Personalised Health Network (SPHN) Cohort Consortium, the metadata of the SCQM cohorts (RA, axSpA, PsA, GCA, PMR and pregnancy) are now part of the Maelstrom metadata catalogue. On Maelstrom, researchers can search for data sources for their research projects. Presenting SCQM data on Maelstrom will increase the visibility of the SCQM nationally and internationally and hopefully lead to even more landmark research projects.

What can you do on Maelstrom?
If you want to know more about the data collected in the SCQM yourself, the Maelstrom catalogue can also be an interesting resource for Swiss researchers.

19.04.2023: The new brochure for patients

Just in time for the go live of the new website, the new brochure for patients is available (in German, in French, in Italian). It is intended to provide patients with a basis for deciding to make their data available to research and thus make an important contribution to research and quality management.

We hope you enjoy reading it.

31.03.2023: New institutions

We are pleased to welcome four more institutions to the SCQM Registry:

Studio medico Lucini, Bellinzona
Cabinet Vidymed, Epalinges
MEDIN, Biel
Spital Emmental, Burgdorf