Boletín de Enero-febrero 2011 (Vol. 5, nº. 1)
Newsletter January-February 2011 (Vol. 5, nº. 1)
Newsletter \ Newsletter Vol. 5, nº. 1 (January-February, 2011)Highlights:
The National Health System Quality Agency has translated and adapted into Spanish the Guide for Implementing the W.H.O. Multimodal Strategy for Enhancing Hand Hygiene, the Technical Reference Manual for Hand Hygiene and the questionnaires for health care professionals and executives.
On December 17th,2010, as part of the 3rd edition of the patient safety and care quality master’s, a round table discussion on patient safety was held at the Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality, at which Autonomous Communities presented different experiences carried out in this field.
Informative document on Law 42/2010 of December 30th, enacted in amendment of Law 28/2005, of December 26th, governing health care measures to combat the smoking habit and regulate tobacco product sale, supply, smoking and advertising.
The National Health System Key Indicators are prioritised elements of information which include the aspects considered most relevant in the context of health and the Spanish healthcare system.
These indicators have been developed in conjunction with the Autonomous Communities through the Information Systems Subcommittee of the National Health System’s Inter-Territorial Council. The methodological framework of reference is the ECHI system (European Community Health Indicators) and the ECHIM project (European Community Health Indicators Monitoring) of the European Commission.
The Citizens’ Network of Instructors in Patient Safety is described in Newsletter no. 5 (p.21) of the Biomedical Research Centre Online, Epidemiology and Public Health.
News:
The Interterritorial Board approved the update of the National Health System Palliative Care Strategy on December 9, 2010. A consensus has been reached with scientific societies, patient associations and Autonomous Communities regarding this new text, which replaces the text approved in 2007.
The Minister for Health, Social Policy and Equality presents in the Senate the Ministry’s Lines of Work for the Remainder of the Legislature (Ministry Press Office, 17 January 2011)
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Announcements:
- Job offer: Mental Health Counselor (OPS, Washington).
Patient information:
- FisterraSalud offers information for patients and their families prepared by health professionals. It contains information and advice on health problems, diets, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, information on vaccines and links to other sites.
Resources:
- The Quality Agency in Delicious: Delicious is a free social bookmarking service, which means that users can save their favourites online, share them with others and see the bookmarks of other users. At the present time, the Quality Agency maintains more than 1,900 bookmarks on a range of subjects, such as: Care in childbirth, cancer, ischaemic heart disease, palliative care, diabetes, COPD, ICTUS, mental health, patient safety, and the like.
Each bookmark is made up by the title, a brief description and a number of identifying labels. - The Quality Agency in Slideshare: SlideShare is a tool which, by means of a register of users, enables us to upload our presentations already created in power point, pdf and other formats (with a maximum of 20Mb), to be stored in a flash format, for viewing online. The presentations are public, regardless of whether users are registered or not. We can view the presentations through the URL assigned, in a normal or full size. This also enables us to share our presentations by email or embed them with their own player in our website.
The Quality Agency uses this tool for disseminating the papers given at the conferences it organises or at those where it participates. At the present time, it has 380 presentations and 2 documents.
Events:
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III Metting Health Management and Quality Care. (March 3, 2011- Valencia).
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IV Metting Aragon Patients for Patient Safety: Learning together. (March 13, 2011- Zaragoza). Information and Registration. Phone: +0034976713361
- Fourth Day-Long Meeting on Patient Safety (Barcelona, 25 March 2011). Registration
- Thematic Conference under the European Pact for Mental Health and Well-being: "Promoting Mental Health and Well-being at Workplaces" (April 3-4, 2011 Berlin).
- International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare (April 5-8, 2011 - Amsterdam). Inscriptions
- VI Spanish Breastfeeding Congress and 3rd Human Breast Milk Banks Meeting. Registration. (April 7-9, 2011 - Avila)
- XIV National Health Sciences Information and Documentation Meetings. Bibliosalud 2011 (April 13-15, 2011 - Cadiz).
- 16th National Congress and 5th International Congress of the Spanish Society of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Hygiene (Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, 25 - 27 May 2011). The time limit for submitting papers is up to 10 March 2011. Registration
- First Virtual International Congress of Midwives: "Promoting Change. Midwives Networking" (from 1 to 15 June 2011)
- ISQua’s 28th International Conference: Patient Safety: Sustaining the Global Momentum (September 14-17, 2011 - Hong Kong). The deadline for submitting papers has concluded. Registration starting on 3 March 2010.
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Recommended reading:
- Agra Y, Sierra E, Casal J, García MJ, Fernández MM, Fernández-Quero P, et al. Estrategia de Seguridad del Paciente en el Sistema Nacional de Salud [Patient Safety Strategy in the Spanish National Health System]. Médico. 2010 Nov;1115:10-13.
Reviews and Guides:
- Atención al Parto Normal Guía dirigida a mujeres embarazadas, a futuros padres, así como a sus acompañantes y familiares. Normal childbirth care, a guide for expectant parents. Quality Plan for the National Health System. Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality, 2010
Links:
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Most recent Newsletters of the Patient Safety programme of the World Health Organisation (WHO):
- Sixth edition of the WHO Patient Safety newsletter. January 2011.
- Safe Surgery Saves Lives Newsletters. December 2010.
- Updates from SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands. January 2011.
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