For the first ten years of operation, the Horten Foundation will make available a sum of 6.5 million Swiss francs. This long-term financial commitment allows the Horten-Center to create four additional staff positions. Thus two physicians, one computer science specialist, and an administrative staff member are going to work in the Institute in addition to the director. This team will professionalize the information services and expand networking with physician who work outside of the Institute. The two physicians will be trained in Evidence-Based-Medicine (EBM) at the renowned Center of Review and Dissemination in York, a university institute with seventy specialists. A physician trained in EBM is capable, for example, of evaluating studies on new drugs, both in regard to their practical relevance and reliability as well as to their success in therapeutic treatments. This procedure permits a calculation of the statistical risks of a drug's side effects.