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the community outlines a strategy for reorder more effectively the chronic patient health care
flowers opens the day La Comunidad de Madrid before the approach of chronic patients ”
-47% of the people of Madrid suffers from some type of chronic disease.
-health centres carried out follow-up to hypertensive 913.699, pathology with more incidence.
Madrid, may 2012.- the Vice-Counsellor of healthcare,Patricia flowers, opened on 25 April in the lain Entralgo Agency the day theCommunity of Madrid before tackling the Crónicos patients ”, in themore than 130 experts discussed the current status of the health care modelMadrid in the care of chronic processes, as a starting point of thedevelopment of the new strategy launched by the Ministry ofHealth in the care of these patients.
flowers indicated that the community of Madrid has raised theCare strategy to the chronic patient in order to rearrange thecare health services more efficiently, depending on theage of the patient, their level of illness or severity, and engaging the patientin the care of his pathology.
the Vice-Counsellor recalled that the increase in the hope oflife in Madrid with 83.4 years, coupled with the development of systemshealth, has caused most of the deaths are duechronic diseases and the progressive ageing of thepopulation affected by major health problems.
in fact, the percentage of the population of the community ofMadrid who suffer chronic illness is 47% and deepenswith age, as reflected in that 43% of those over 65 yearsthey suffer from high blood pressure, arthritis and rheumatism affected to theanother 26.2% and 42.8% suffers from hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol).
health centres and chronic disease
the Vice-Counsellor explained that the care of chronic illnessIt lies primarily in the health centres where is served80% of locals with some kind of pathology that accompanies alllife (diabetes, asthma …). Primary care has somebenefits (portfolio of services standard) for follow-up andspecific control to chronic illness. Of these, emphasizes the servicecare to adult patients with Arterial hypertension, in which they areincluding 913.699 Madrid.
also, primary care has a service ofpromotion of healthy lifestyles aimed at promoting adulthealthy behaviors about food, exercise and userational socio-health resources, and serving 373.372 older14.
other controls carried out in health centresfocus on the protection of the most vulnerable groups andhigh health needs such as the programme of prevention and detectionproblems of elderly patients 50.817.
technology and specific plans
the approach to the care of the chronically ill in theCommunity of Madrid is complemented by various related experienceswith technology as the computerized medical history ofPrimary care, or plans of palliative care, Mental health, and the programof the patient polimedicado, among other initiatives launched byHealth.
to the development of the strategy of approach of thechronic patients, the Department of health has set up a groupDirector led by healthcare Vice-Counsellor and constitutedby the Directors-General of primary care, hospitals, care to thePatient and expert professionals and information systems in thetreatment of chronic patients.
, is currently a documentary analysis andstatistical demographic, epidemiological, aspects ofresources and experience of the community of Madrid, and have been createdreflection groups with patients (focus groups) to meet theneeds and expectations of the affected themselves.
to analyze the situation of the community of Madrid in theapproach to chronic patients, during the day will be usedthe instrument of evaluation of models of care to the chronicity(IEMAC), whose results will be used to highlight projects and lines ofwork.
