Priv. Doz. Dr. Horst Christian Vollmar, MPH
Group Leader
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Postfach 6250
Stockumer Str. 12
58453 Witten
horst.vollmar(at)dzne.de
+49 (0) 2302 / 926-238
+49 (0) 2302 / 926-239
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Areas of investigation/research focus
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Besides the still essential innovations in the field of new health care strategies, technologies and therapies, one of the most important tasks for increasing quality of care for people with dementia and their families today and in the future is, above all, the efficient transfer of knowledge into practice. Despite the increased availability of information through for example databases and the internet, a gap remains nonetheless between what is scientifically known and what will ultimately be applied in practice. It takes up to two decades for innovations or new scientifically proven recommendations to be implemented in practice. The "path of knowledge”, however, is not unidirectional. It is also about the question of how knowledge from practical experience can be transferred to research and to decision-makers. Implementation research concerns the question, which conditions and methods foster the implementing of innovations. Consequently, the overall research questions of the group Knowledge Circulation and Implementation Research are:
- How can scientific facts and action relevant knowledge of neurodegenerative diseases be sustainably transferred to the affected target groups?
- How can evidence be implemented in a sustainable manner and does this lead to better health care?
- How can problems in the daily health care be evaluated, transformed into research questions and be addressed scientifically?
The group addresses such questions in a multidisciplinary manner with quantitive and qualitative research methods. Various topicas are taking into consideration such as
- guidelinesand their implementation
- the implementation of measures of health care services, such as Dementia Care Mapping (DCM)
- new media as a vehicle to convey knowledge
- nursing case conferences and medical quality circles.
In group overlapping projects we try to identify barriers to implementation and to develop and evaluate intervention to overcome these barriers. On the other hand, questions from practice will be taken up and processed for researchers and decision makers, incorporating particularlyusing innovative research methods and concepts.
Publications
Das kollektive Lernen in Fallbesprechungen. Theoretische Ansätze zur Reduktion herausfordernden Verhaltens bei Menschen mit Demenz im Rahmen des Projektes FallDem
Buscher I, Reuther S, Holle D, Bartholomeyczik S, Vollmar HC, Halek M. Pflegewissenschaft 03/2012: 168-178
E-Learning in der Allgemeinmedizin (ELA) – eine Standortbestimmung in Deutschland fünf Jahre nach der Netzwerkgründung.
Schürer-Maly CC, Gummersbach E, Waldmann UM, Fischer MR, Abholz HH, Vollmar HC. Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin 2012; 88 (2): 69-76
Prescribing patterns in dementia: a multicentre observational study in a German network of CAM physicians
Jescke E, Ostermann T, Vollmar HC, Tabali M, Schad F, Matthes H. BMC Neurology 2011; 11: 99
Blended Learning zur hausärztlichen Demenz-Fortbildung: Einschätzung durch Nutzer einer cluster-randomisierten Studie.
Vollmar HC, Mayer H, Wilm S, Rieger MA, Ostermann T, GMS Med Inform Biom Epidemiol. 2010;6(2):Doc1-8.
Assessment of innovations in clinical research: strengths and potentials for improvement of research in Germany
HC Vollmar, P Georgieff, B Bührlen, Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität 2010; 104 (10): 737-742.
[Promoting patient-oriented dementia research - current issues in the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Witten/Herdecke University].
Bartholomeyczik S, Holle B, Riesner C, Halek M, Wilm S, Vollmar HC, Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität 2010; 104 (10): 743-752.
Pharmacotherapy of elderly patients in everyday anthroposophic medical practice: a prospective, multicenter observational study.
Jeschke E, Ostermann T, Tabali M, Vollmar HC, Kröz M, Bockelbrink A, Witt C, Willich SN, Matthes H, BMC Geriatrics 2010; 10: 48. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/10/48
A systematic review of published database resources for complementary medicine.
Böhm K, Raak C, Vollmar HC, Ostermann T, Health Information and Libraries Journal 2010; 27: 93-105
[Effect of written patient information on knowledge and function of patients with acute uncomplicated back pain (PIK Study)].
Bücker B, Butzlaff M, Isfort J, Koneczny N, Vollmar HC, Lange S, Lutz G, Rieger MA, Das Gesundheitswesen 2010; 72-e78-e88.
Development and implementation of the dementia guideline of the German Society of General Practice and Family Medicine.
Vollmar HC, Abholz H-H, Egidi G, Mand P, Butzlaff ME, Wilm S, Medizinische Klinik 2010; 105 (1): 41-47
Knowledge transfer for the management of dementia - a cluster randomised trial of blended learning in general practice.
Vollmar HC, Mayer H, Ostermann T, Butzlaff ME, Sandars JE, Wilm S, Rieger MA, Implementation Science 2010;5:1.
Editorials/Letters
Commentary: Antwort auf den Kommentar zu "Blended Learning zur hausärztlichen Demenz-Fortbildung“.
Vollmar HC, Mayer H, Wilm S, Rieger MA, Ostermann T. GMS Med Inform Biom Epidemiol. 2011;7(2):Doc09
Quality management in ambulatory care nursing and inpatient nursing in Germany. Specifics and current trends
M Geraedts, B Holle, HC Vollmar, S Bartholomeyczik; Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2011 Feb;54(2):185-93.
An overview of 45 published database resources for complementary and alternative medicine.
K Boehm, C Raak, HC Vollmar, T Ostermann; Health Info Libr J. 2010 Jun.
"Deciphering aging". Excerpts from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) foresight process
Vollmar HC, Georgieff P, Cuhls K, Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, Volume 44, Number 1, 66-70, DOI: 10.1007/s00391-010-0164-z
Editorial: Innovationen im Gesundheitswesen.
Vollmar HC, Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität 2010; 104 (10: 699-700)
Quo Vadis Dementia? Similarities and differences between specialist and family medicine guidelines
Vollmar HC, H.-H. Abholz HH, Egidi G, Wilm S, Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin 2010, 86(6): 47-53.
Without Peer Review:
Leitlinien – praktisch umgesetzt. Teil 2: Demenz. Wieviel Diagnostik ist nötig?
Vollmar HC, Schürer-Maly CC, Wilm S. Der Allgemeinarzt. 2011; 14: 47-48
Demenzielle Erkrankungen.
Vollmar HC, Der Hausarzt. 2010, 17 (10): 34-36.
Gesundheitsinformationen im Internet: Chancen für Patienten und Ärzte.
Schürer-Maly CC, Vollmar HC, Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2010, 107 (15): B624-B625
Unterstützung, Versorgung und gute Pflege. Die hausärztliche Demenz-Leitlinie definiert die Basis für Diagnostik und Therapie von Menschen mit Demenz.
Vollmar HC, Wilm S, Pflegen: Demenz 2010; 15: 42-45
Gesundheitsinformationen im Internet: Chancen für Patienten und Ärzte.
Schürer-Maly CC, Vollmar HC, Praxis Computer & Management. 2010, 25 (2): 6-7