Boletín de Junio 2008 (Vol. 2, nº. 6) 
Newsletter June 2008 (Vol. 2, nº. 6) 
Newsletter \ Newsletter Vol. 2, nº. 6 (Jun. 2008)Highlights:
Formal presentation of the WHO’s Second Global Patient Safety Challenge: Safe Surgery Saves Lives. First International consultation meeting. Background paper draft discussion. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2007.
Publication of the APEAS study on patient safety in primary healthcare. Madrid: Ministry of Health & Consumer Affairs; 2008.
Analysis and benchmarking of handling of complaints and suggestions in the SNS. Madrid: Ministry of Health & Consumer Affairs; 2008.
Publication of the Evaluation study on safe medication use in Spanish hospitals (2007). Madrid: Ministry of Health & Consumer Affairs; 2008.
SNS Strategy in Mental Health (summary): 2006. The strategy represents a support document for nationwide coordination of mental health plans or education programmes, for prevention and diagnosis programmes and appropriate therapeutic rehabilitation measures designed to provide comprehensive and continuous care for persons with mental disorders.
Available at links to the Aragon and Murcia health surveys.
Update of the information held in the Health Information Institute (IIS) SNS Quality Agency Database. Microdata and the corresponding technical documentation may now be downloaded from the 2005 Inpatient Healthcare Institution Statistics.
Places available at the European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies Summer School to be held in Venice on 3-8 August 2008. Programme.
Official presentation of the SNS Quality Programme Blog, six months after launch, at the “Beers & Blogs” event at E-DOCPA 2008 held in Oviedo (Spain) on 11 June. [View presentation].
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News:
Hospital-acquired infections: incidence, research and prevention (ABC, 17-05-08).
Hospital: friend or foe? (ABC, 17-05-08).
Press release on the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council Meeting held in Luxembourg on 9-10 June 2008.
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Official announcements:
- 2008 Specialist Training Scholarships: Prevention, Health & the Environment. The Health Department of the Institute for Prevention, Health and the Environment of the MAPFRE Foundation is offering 61 specialist training scholarships for Latin American and Portuguese graduates: 28 in Health and 33 in Prevention and the Environment. Applications deadline: 25 June 2008. Conditions (PDF) at: http://ecs.edgeof.net/ l.axd?i=7bf9
Events:
- II International Conference on Healthy Urban Planning. (San Fernando de Henares, Madrid, 24 & 25 June 2008). Registrations.
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Launch of Safe Surgery Saves Lives. WHO, Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO/PAHO) in Washington DC (USA) on 25 June 2008.
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WHO European Ministerial Conference on Health Systems: “Health Systems, Health and Wealth” (Estonia, 25-27 June 2008).
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Reporting and Learning Systems for Patient Safety: How do we learn from reporting systems? To be held on 26-27 June 2008 in Mt. Washington Conference Centre, Baltimore (USA).
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The Virtual Health Science Library is to celebrate its 3rd Year: Health data searches: a challenge for healthcare professionals and researchers. To be held in Salamanca (Spain) on 21-25 July 2008, in the Faculty of Medicine, Miguel de Unamuno Campus, 37006-Salamanca. Organised by the Archives and Libraries Service (Biohealth Area).
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2008 Online Courses organised by the UNESCO Regional Chair for Women, Science and Technology in Latin America.
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XVII International AIDS Conference. (Mexico City, 8-13 August 2008).
- Events in Spain and abroad in 2008
(Last updated: 11 Feb 2008).
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Recommended reading:
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Adler NE, Page AEK. Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs. Committee on Psychosocial Services to Cancer Patients / Families in a Community Setting. Board on Health Care Services (HCS) – US Institute of Medicine (IOM) - 2008.
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World Health Organization. Second Global Patient Safety Challenge: Safe Surgery Saves Lives. First international consultation meeting. Draft action plan for 2007. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2007.
- Publication in Spanish of the first ever detailed analysis of safety incidents relating to mental health patients conducted by an incident reporting system: Con la seguridad en mente: Servicios de salud mental y seguridad del paciente (2006). This document is a translation of the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) report entitled "With safety in mind: mental health services and patient safety".
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Spanish Neuropsychiatry Association (AEN) to publish document on Consensus on promotion of mental health, prevention of mental disorders and reduction of stigma (AEN 2007).
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Publication of World health statistics 2008, official document issued by the WHO (World Health Organization).
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Publication of European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies Newsletter (May 2008; 75:1-4).
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World Alliance for Patient Safety. Research for Patient Safety: Better Knowledge for Safer Care. [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2008 [retrieved 9 June 2008].
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Costa-Font J, Gil J. Exploring the pathways of inequality in health, access and financing in decentralised Spain [Internet]. London: LSE Health; 2008 [acceso 9 de junio de 2008].
- Jha A, editor. Summary of the evidence on patient safety: implications for research [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2008 [acceso 9 de junio de 2008].
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Pearson GA, ed. Why children die: a pilot study 2006 [Internet]. London: CEMACH, 2008 [acceso 19 de mayo de 2008].
- Link: 7 patient safety steps in primary healthcare.
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