Dr Insa Seeger
Dr Insa Seeger
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 2026 | Research assistant at the Oldenburg Interdisciplinary Emergency Care Research Network (OFNI) on the ZSQR project (Central Office for Quality Assurance in the Ambulance Service) |
| 2025–2026 | Deputy Managing Director of the Oldenburger Land AöR Regional Control Centre |
| 2019–2025 | Research Coordinator and Spokesperson for the Oldenburg Research Network for Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine (OFNI) at School VI of the University of Oldenburg |
| 2017–2019 | PhD (Dr. rer. medic.) from the Department of Health Services Research at School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg; thesis title: “Outpatient Emergency Care in Germany – Lost Between the Sectors” |
| 2014–2019 | Research assistant on the projects “Reducing noise exposure for nursing staff in intensive care units (AlarmRedux)”, “Patient Mobility Programme of the Lower Saxony Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Aurich Regional Office”, ‘Research IT Infrastructure in the North-West Health Region (FIT-NW)’, and the externally funded project ‘Health Services Research Network for the Bremen-Oldenburg Metropolitan Region’ at the Department of Health Services Research, School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg |
| 2009–2013 | Executive Assistant at the Medical Care Centre at the Evangelical Hospital in Oldenburg |
| 2007–2009 | Assistant to the Administrative Director and Quality Management Officer at the Paracelsus Clinics in Bad Essen |
| 2003–2007 | Diplom in Business Administration specialising in Healthcare Organisations (FH) from Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences |
| 2002–2003 | Oldenburg Technical College for Healthcare |
| 1997–2002 | Worked as a medical assistant |
| 1994 – 1997 | Training as a medical assistant |
Research focuses
- Cross-sector emergency care
- Pre-hospital emergency care
- Alternative care models
- Quality assurance in the emergency medical services
Research projects
Ongoing projects
ZSQR – Scientific support for quality assurance in the Lower Saxony emergency medical services
AEF – Research into Acute Response Vehicles
Tele-emergency medicine
Completed projects
SERNV – Smart Emergency – A Newly Networked Emergency Service! 5G Telemedicine Networking
GNFS – Community Emergency Paramedics
Needs-based care provision for low-priority requests for assistance (BeVanie)
Publications
Meyer K, Dormann H, Landsleitner B, Prückner S, Gottschalk J, Redelsteiner C, Hinzmann D, Hahnen D, Seeger I, Malysch T, Prescher T (2026) Focus on low-priority calls for assistance: Recommendations for action from the Fürth Discussions on professionalisation and training in the emergency medical services. Notfall Rettungsmed. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-026-01787-6
Seeger I, Lubasch SJ (2026). ‘Cross-sectoral deployment of the TNA’. In: Schlingloff F, Steffen T (eds.), Telenotfallmedizin: Confident decision-making in pre-hospital settings (pp. 16–27). Elsevier, Munich.
Thate S, Lubasch JS, Plata C, Gülöz K, Eisenreich EW, Röhrig R, Seeger I ( 2026). Low-priority call-outs in the ambulance service: Planned and actual resource allocation in a German integrated control centre following the introduction of a standardised emergency call questionnaire. A retrospective analysis of control centre data. Journal of Evidence, Continuing Professional Development and Quality in Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2026.03.006
Lubasch JS, Seeger I, Marian T. et al. (2025) Three years of tele-emergency medicine with mobile on-site audio-video streaming in Lower Saxony, Germany – descriptive results of a longitudinal secondary data analysis. BMC Emerg Med 25, 126. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-025-01286-w
Villis M, Keimer M, Seeger I & Christoph J (2025). The need for and potential of a feedback system between the ambulance service and the hospital. Emergency + Rescue Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-025-01623-3
Lubasch JS, Beierle S, Marewski VS, Rehbock C, Thate S, Schröder H, Beckers SK, Sommer A, Seeger I (2024). Alternative care models for low-priority call-outs in the German emergency medical services – descriptive results of an online survey. Evid. Fortbild. Qual. Healthcare (ZEFQ), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2024.07.008
Obst AL, Seeger I, Hoffmann F (2024). What do community paramedics in Germany do regarding the care of older people? A retrospective, descriptive analysis of low-acuity cases. BMC Emerg Med 24, 215. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01134-3
Villis M, Henke TJ, Thate S, Christoph J, Seeger I ( 2024). Quality of suspected diagnoses and urgency assessments in the emergency medical services: A cross-sector, single-centre evaluation of IVENA suspected diagnoses and IVENA triage categories in the emergency medical services using clinical data. Notfall + Rettungsmedizin. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-024-01409-z
Lubasch JS, Eder PA, Kaiser C, Klausen AD, Overheu D, Partheymüller A, Rashid A, Schäfer ST, Scharonow M, Seeger I (2024). Implementing telemedicine with 5G technologies in a care home to reduce emergency admissions – study protocol of a mixed-methods study. BMC Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11588-7
Thate S, Lubasch JS, Gülöz K, Eisenreich E, Röhrig R, Seeger I (2024). Low-priority call-outs – detection and responses in a modern control centre. Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine. Abstract volume 20. Scientific Working Days on Emergency Medicine 2024. WATN (dgai.de)
Seeger I, Klausen AD, Günther U, Bienzeisler J, Schnack H, Lubasch JS (2024). Reasons for non-participation in a patient survey in the context of pre-hospital emergency care provided by community paramedics – a retrospective observational study. Journal of Evidence, Continuing Professional Development and Quality in Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2024.03.007
Klausen AD, Günther U, Schmiemann G, Hoffmann F, Seeger I (2023). Frequency and characteristics of call-outs by community paramedics to people in need of care. Medical Clinic – Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00063-023-01085-w
Thate S, Volmerg J, Leenderts F, Majeed R, Grabenhenrich L, Röhrig R, Seeger I (2022). Use of the ambulance service in cases of suicide attempts during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Emergency + Rescue Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-022-01107-8
Seeger I, Thate S, Ansmann L, Lubasch J (2022). Use of emergency care in north-western Germany – differences by age, gender, education and medical and nursing profession. Emergency and Rescue Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-022-01083-z
Sommer A, Rehbock C, Seeger I, Klausen AD, Günther U, Schröder H, Neuerer M, Beckers SK, Krafft T (2022). Two-year pilot phase for community paramedics in the Oldenburg region (Lower Saxony) – a retrospective cross-sectional study on staff experiences. Emergency + Rescue Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-022-01079-9
Schlingloff F, Marian T, Seeger I, Steffen T (2022). ‘Telemedicine in Lower Saxony’ pilot project – telemedicine in a rural area in Germany’s low mountain range. Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-022-01086-w
Volmerg JS, Bienzeisler J, Klausen AD, Seeger I, Günther U, De Sordi D, Röhrig R (2022). ILEG – a case of recording patient journeys. Studies in Health Technology Informatics. https://doi.org/10.3233/shti220566
Seeger I, Günther U, Schmiemann G, Hoffmann F (2021). Care for elderly patients by community paramedics – a comparison of call-outs to care homes and private homes. Medical Clinic – Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00063-021-00863-8
Seeger I, Klausen A, Flake F, Peters O, Rempe W, Peter M, Thate S, Scheinichen F, Weyland A (2020). Community paramedics as an innovative resource in emergency medical services – initial findings from an observational study. Emergency + Rescue Medicine. https://doi: 10.1007/s10049-020-00715-6
Seeger I, Kreienmeyer L, Hoffmann F, Freitag MH (2019): Cross-sectional study in an out-of-hours primary care centre in north-western Germany – patient characteristics and the urgency of their treatment. BMC Family Practice. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-0929-4
Seeger I, Luque Ramos A, Hoffmann F (2018). Out-of-hours emergency care for care home residents. Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-017-1293-4
Seeger I, Rupp P, Naziyok T, Rölker-Denker L, Röhrig R, Hein A (2017): Outpatient care in the emergency department and on-call practice. Medical Clinic – Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00063-016-0233-1