I Congress of primary care of La Rioja aims to improve communication with specialized medicine.
Logroño, April 2012.- La primary care is the gateway ” to the health system and of its professionals depend on referral to other areas. So communication and fluency among professionals is not only necessary, is essential. Aware of this, primary care professionals have convened the 1st Congress of primary care of La Rioja which, in the Centre of health of Arnedo, brought together more than one hundred professionals from the 28th to the 30th of March, and counts on the collaboration of the official school of doctors of La Riojathe Riojan society of family and community medicine, the Association of nursing community, the Government of La Rioja, the Organization care primary without smoke, organization College of nursing, the official College of physiotherapists of La Rioja and the Midwives Association of La Rioja.
For the President of the first Congress of primary care of La Rioja, Dr. Calvo Mercedes, it was necessary to organize a seminar to analyse and improve the communication between primary care practitioners and the second level of healthcare, especially in a context of crisis as the are currently living. Dr. Calvo points out that primary health care is the gateway to the health system and maintain good communication with specialized professionals is essential, because the relationship between professionals has an impact on the patient ”. Points out, Furthermore, that primary care is paramount at the reception of urgent cases. This Congress which, for the first time, will bring together professionals in primary care of La Rioja, is intended to also open a door to restart the regular meetings with the Hospital Foundation of Calahorra and establish bases or guidelines to improve communication between professionals, and therefore the patient care ”.
The first day, March 28, was devoted to the official school of doctors of La Rioja-free communications. The next day the opening ceremony took place at the Teatro Cervantes de Arnedo in the presence of the President of the community of La Rioja, Mr. Pedro Sanz, the Mayor of Arnedo, D. Juan Antonio Abad, the Minister of health and social services. Mr. José Ignacio Nieto, the President of the Riojan society of Medicine of family and community, Mr. Tomás GarcÃa, and the President of the first Congress of primary care of La Rioja, Mercedes Calvo. Among the speakers there were medical-pediatricians, cardiologists, specialists in geriatrics, physiotherapists, nurses, etc.
The first round table covered on outstanding issues in primary care ” and was moderated by Fernando Gallo, Medical Director of primary care and the 061. Addressed issues such as team work, the sense of community medicine in La Rioja and the improvement of quality in the health center. In addition there were six workshops on the use of the subcutaneous, dealing with adolescents, the usefulness of the web 2.0, breastfeeding, geriatric care and neuromuscular bandage.
The usefulness of ultrasound in primary care was the theme that opened the day of Friday, 30 March, in which they continued initiated workshops and developed several papers concerning the current state of the dispensing nurse in primary care, clinical cases for the management of atrial fibrillationHow to build a blog for a team of primary care in thirty minutes or a workshop of laughter therapy. Addition, there was a meeting of physiotherapists and a Roundtable on the moderated by Dr. Domingo Orozco chronic patient care.
The closing conference was entrusted to Carlos Matute, Professor of Anatomy and neuroscience of the UPV, who will speak on degenerative diseases. The area Director of health of La Rioja was responsible for the closure of the Congress, which ended with a prize to the best communication.
