Boletín de Enero 2008 (Vol. 2, nº. 1) 
Newsletter January 2008 (Vol. 2, nº. 1) 
Newsletter \ Newsletter Vol. 2, nº. 1 (Tuesday, 22 January, 2008)Highlights:
1st Spanish National Health Service Quality Awards.
Publication of MINISTERIAL ORDER SCO/3422/2007, dated 21 November 2007, developing the procedure for update of the Spanish NHS shared services portfolio.
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Publication of MINISTERIAL ORDER SCO/3422/2007, dated 21 November 2007, developing the procedure for update of the Spanish NHS shared services portfolio.
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News:
Award of Ignacio H. de Larramendi Scholarships on Patient Safety (Fundación Mapfre, December 2007).
Presentation on 4 December 2007 of the Spanish NHS Mental Health Strategy in Extremadura (MSC, 4/12/2007).
In accordance with the project presented to the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, within the framework of the Study on lessening stigmatization of persons suffering from serious mental illness in healthcare,it was decided to organize a committee of healthcare professionals and experts appointed by the Spanish Confederation of Groups of Families and People with Mental Illness (FEAFES) (MSC, 4/12/2007).
2008: SEPAR Tuberculosis and Solidarity Year (SEPAR, January 2008).
New York State Department of Health Designates The Joint Commission to Improve Safety of Office-Based Surgery(Joint Commission, 16 enero 2008).
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Presentation on 4 December 2007 of the Spanish NHS Mental Health Strategy in Extremadura (MSC, 4/12/2007).
In accordance with the project presented to the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, within the framework of the Study on lessening stigmatization of persons suffering from serious mental illness in healthcare,it was decided to organize a committee of healthcare professionals and experts appointed by the Spanish Confederation of Groups of Families and People with Mental Illness (FEAFES) (MSC, 4/12/2007).
2008: SEPAR Tuberculosis and Solidarity Year (SEPAR, January 2008).
New York State Department of Health Designates The Joint Commission to Improve Safety of Office-Based Surgery(Joint Commission, 16 enero 2008).
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Events:
- "International Law and Medicine Congress" (Call for papers open through 31 January).
- "Avances en el desarrollo y utilización de indicadores en los sistemas de Salud Mental" (Barcelona, 7 de febrero 2008).
- "International Alliance of Patients' Organizations 3rd Global Patients Congress" (Budapest, 20-22 febrero 2008).
- "Ist Galicia Healthcare Quality And Patient Safety Conference" (Santiago de Compostela, 21 de febrero 2008).
- Congreso Internacional “Los avances del derecho ante los avances de la medicina” (Abierto el plazo de recepción de propuestas hasta el 31 de enero).
- "IIIrd International Meeting on Translational Research and Individualized Medicine" (Madrid, 21 February 2008).
- "International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care" (París, 22-25 April 2008).
- Events in Spain and abroad in 2008. (Last actualization: 21 January 2008).
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Reading:
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"Endogenous human microRNAs that suppress breast cancer metastasis". Nature, 2008 Jan; 451: 147-152.
- "The Meaning of Translational Research and Why It Matters". JAMA. 2008;299(2):211-213.
- "World Medical Association Patient Safety Declaration". Adoptada por la Asamblea General de la AMM, Washington 2002.
- “Sistemas de Ajuste de riesgo en evaluación de Servicios de salud” (2007). Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias.
- "Severe asphyxia due to delivery-related malpractice in Sweden 1990–2005". BJOG [Internet]. 2008 [consultado 14 de enero de 2008];115(3):316–323.
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