Month: October 2011

5th Congress of ANECORM in Vitoria Gasteiz.

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5th Congress of Vitoria-Gasteiz ANECORM.

Fernando Aranguiz, Deputy Mayor of the city, has been in charge of inaugurating the event, attended by 300 nurses; responsible for the material resources of the health centres Spaniards.

Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2011-OctoberAt 16: 00, was beginning the Palace of congresses and exhibitions Europe of Vitoria – Gasteiz, the 5th Congress of nurse coordinators of material resources, organized by Anecorm. Since Wednesday and until last Friday gathered in this city, 300 attendees from all Spain, 30 speakers and 35 houses commercial; charge to show the most innovative and effective healthcare products.

In the institutional Act have been present Fernando Aránguiz Mingueza, Deputy Mayor and Councillor for economic promotion of the Town Hall of Vitoria-Gasteiz, on behalf of the Mayor of the city; Olga Isabel Rivera Hernáez, Vice-Counsellor of quality, research and health innovation from the Basque Government; Mª. Jesus Ruiz de Ocenda García; Nursing Central Osakidetza organization Adviser; Iñaki Unzaga Basauri, Director of economic management of Osakidetza, along with Carmen Jiménez Zarco, President ANECORM and Mª Angeles Lopez Salsamendi, President of the 5th Congress ANECORM.

The Conference opening, entitled “ innovation in the Basque health health ” has been pronounced by Olga Isabel Rivera Hernáez, Vice-Counsellor of quality, research and health innovation from the Basque Government. During his speech has stressed that Osakidezta shares the same lines of action to defend themselves in the Congress: the search for innovation “ there is a fiscal crisis, but not of ideas ”, sustainability of material resources and the pursuit of efficiency, with limited resources. “ The economic crisis is a threat that opens up possibilities and in the Basque country we have maintained the same level of health care; that shows you can do more with less ”.

During his speech, Rivera Hernáez, assessed the work developed by Apex nurses of material resources of the Basque country, at the time, congratulated the Chairperson of the 5th Congress year on the initiative of organizing an event with this topic and also for being the headquarters in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Iñaki Unzaga Basauri, Director of economic management of Osakidetza, for its part, has stated that Osakidezta “ has firmly focused on sustainability, cost containment actions ”. In this way the work develop responsible for material resources in the Basque health centres, “ acquires greater responsibility and commitment to the public health system ”. In addition said that “ the purchase of products through centralized purchasing, the diffusion of the knowledge of material resources, as well as an adequate use and consumption of the same or the proper management of health care processes, are measures that we are obliged to promote ”.

The day continued with a round table entitled “ demonstrate the contribution of the process management applied to material resources ”, where participated Susana Alvarez Gomez, Deputy Director of economic management of the hospital clínico San Carlos of Madrid and Miguel Calleja Jorge, responsible for the Sector health DNV Spain project. This forum has been moderated by Miguel Angel de Mena, nurse in the service of Anestegiología of the healthcare University complex of León. To end the session, there have been two communications. Work choose to award for the best Oral communication, presented during the closing ceremony.

This Congress, chaired by Maria Angeles Lopez Salsamendi, nurse and head of administrative resource materials in Hospital Universitario Araba, led by motto innovation-sustainability: challenges and opportunities.

For three days, professionals have spoken as Rosa Rico Iturriz, medical and Chief of technology assessment health-Osteba of the Department of health and consumption, the Government Basque, Amélia Guilera Roche, Director of the school of nursing San Joan de Déu in Barcelona or Carmen Ferrer Arredonurse and Director Manager, Guadarrama, Madrid hospital, together with experts from hospitals and health centres in the Basque country, León, Navarre, La Rioja, Barcelona, Spain, Madrid and Ourense.

This Congress was presented with a format open to the participation, through the format Oral communication or Poster presentation; awarded with a prize of € 600 and 900€, respectively.

In the framework of the Congress, the National Association of nurse coordinators of material resources, delivered the third edition of the prize for research in nursing. An award given at 1,600€ which aims to stimulate research in nursing.

In addition to the presentations, the healthcare industry, had also belong in this forum where the most innovative products at the exhibition stands have been exposed and have been presented to professionals in a so-called space minute gold.

ANECORM

Anecorm is the National Association of nursing Coordinator in material resources. Its President, Carmen Jimenez, stressed that “ the nurse of material resources, in any health centre, offers a role of rapprochement between managers and medical staff, with the acquisition of products, at the appropriate time, in the right quantity and at least possible cost. This is the basis for an effective and efficient work ”.

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The rehabilitation of patients with acquired brain damage is more effective coordination of health and social services.

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Rehabilitation of patients with acquired brain damage is more effective with a coordination of health services and social.

technical workshop to assist people with disabilities, Palacio de la Magdalena, Santander.

-the health care system responds in the critical phase of patients with acquired brain damage, but forget their social reintegration needs

-director of the brain injury, José Ignacio Quemada Ubis Menni services network, underlines that social resources should respond to the various levels of unit posed by patients

Santander, 2011-October the health system ensures a reasonably homogeneous and high quality care in the initial stages of the treatment of patients with acquired brain damage (DAC) when the patient is in critical condition and survival is the primary objective. After that time, care is uneven in the areas of rehabilitation, and tends to lack when the needs are of social reintegration. For this reason, it is important to establish a coordination of all health and social services to improve their effectiveness.

These demonstrations have been conducted by the psychiatrist and director of the Menni services network of brain injury, José Ignacio Quemada (Ubis), during the day technical assistance to people with disabilities by the system for the autonomy and the attention to the unit, held the last Tuesday, October 18 in the Palace of the Magdalena of Santander.

The talk, he recalled the IMSERSO promoted in September 2006, the Constitution of a group of experts in caring for people with brain damage, and entrusted them the task of creating a document framework on the model of care for people with brain damage.

In this sense, burnt, one of the promoters, has indicated that this group of people came from areas such as public health, health private entities without spirit of profit, own IMSERSO centers, social service providers and representatives of the Federation of associations of victims and family of people with brain damage.

This diversity of views and experiences intended to facilitate the preparation of a document which provide care to these people from the moments in which begins rehabilitation, and while they are in need of support in their social reintegration. The objective was double, on the one hand to define and describe the problem of acquired brain damage, and secondly propose care pathways and resources.

The Aita Menni expert has stressed also that “ is trying to give continuity to the service started in the hospital of Montemayor and adjust the objectives at the different stages through which pass the person with brain injury and his family ”.

“ Requires complete the network of services, and secondly, to ensure coordinated operation. Given that the responsibility of care can go to rest in various health and social services, and even administrations (regional and local) or totally different regional ministries (health and social welfare) ”, has pointed out.

In this regard, emphasizes that “ resources social will require these people have to respond to the various levels of dependence pose. The range includes day centres, programmes of reintegration, occupational workshops, residences, protected apartments and home care ”.

Patients with DAC

The Group of people with brain damage includes two groups: head injuries and strokes, also known as a stroke. The rest of the diseases that cause brain damage in adults are quantitatively less important but pose very similar care demands: brain tumors with prospect of survival, both the primary and metastases, infections, usually herpes encephalitis and, last but not least, the brain, secondary anoxias heart stops, drowning or poisoning.

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Last day to submit work to the journalistic Prize I on head and neck cancer.

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Last day to submit work to the journalistic Prize I on head and neck cancer

may have works published between January 1 and October 31, 2011.

– are awarded to professionals who have best contributed to disseminate information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancer

-the work submitted must be original and published and/or issued in print media, digital media, blogs, radio and televisionbetween January 1, 2011 and on October 31, 2011

-the main prize is endowed with 6,000 euros and the second and third, with 1,500 euros each

– Monday, October 31, ends the deadline to submit works to the journalistic Prize I in head and neck cancer

Madrid, 2011-October with the aim of encouraging the publication of articles on cancer head and neck and raise awareness among the population and the científico-médica community of the importance of this pathology that has become the fifth tumor with greater incidence in the world’s population, the Fundación Salud 2000 has convened the journalistic Prize I on head and neck cancer.

The consumption of alcohol and tobacco are the main factors of risk for this type of cancer that Spain suffer nearly 37,000 people. On the other hand, each year occur approximately 12,000 new cases occurring in most of the time through tumors in glands salivary, lips, larynx or nasal cavity.

In this sense, this award recognizes the work of those communication professionals who have contributed to the dissemination of knowledge related to cancer of head and neck valuing, especially the information concerning the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Fundación Salud 2000, that counts in this initiative with the collaboration of the group Spanish of treatment of tumors of head and neck (TTCC) and the German chemical company pharmaceutical Merck, admissible nominations until 31 October.

The work submitted must have been published and/or issued in Spanish, national or regional media between January 1, 2011 and on October 31, 2011. They must be original and published and/or issued in print media, digital media, blogs, radio and television.

First prize is endowed with 6,000 euros and the second and third, with 1,500 euros each.

To submit nominations, it is essential that applicants send original work along with two copies of the same to the headquarters of the Fundación Salud 2000.

Fundación Salud 2000
c / General Martínez Campos, 41 – 3rd floor
28010 Madrid

Ref. Journalism Award on head and neck cancer

the basis of the award can be found in merck and fundacionsalud2000.

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The President of Spanish nurses calls for return to the “law of death Digna” after the elections.

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Spanish nurses President calls for return to the “law of death Digna” after the elections.

health leaders debated the Act dignified death in the 7th National Congress of informers of the health.

-Maximum González jury: “ win whoever wins the forthcoming general elections should seriously consider to take the initiative ” because “ although there are already some regional regulations, it is essential that there is a basic law, so that all citizens have equal rights and that all professionals are working under the same criteria ”

-Paul Simondirector of the strategy of bioethics of the Andalusian health system public: “ our goal in developing the law was twofold: improve the quality of health care and give legal certainty to the professional ”

-Isabel Torres, President of the Association right to die Dignamente in Andalusia: “ our aim is to promote each person to choose freely when you want to end his life ”, if that is the case, which is why “ want the legality of euthanasia and assisted suicide ”

Granada, 2011-October the 7th National Congress of health journalists, which began last Friday at the school of public health of Granadaorganized by the National Association of health journalists, started with a round table discussion on the law of dignified death.

Participated in it, the President of the General Council of nursing Spain, maximum González Jurado, on behalf of more than 250,000 nurses working in the country; Josep Basra, President of the Spanish society of family and community (Semfyc) medicine; Paul Simon, Professor of the Andalusian School of public health (EASP) and director of the strategy of bioethics of the Andalusian health system public; Isabel Torres, President of the Association right to die Dignamente in Andalusia; and Juan Romero Cotelo, Member of the Committee of bioethics of the Madonna Hospital de las Nieves of Granada.

Maximum González jury, President of the General Nursing Council of Spain and leading expert in medical ethics, made the first introduction for later discussion. On the occasion of the debate, the expert has analysed dignified death concept and its reality in our country, existing both in Europe and Spain both regulation, palliative care and measures to take to level of care in this area.

González jury wanted especially qualify which means assistance in terminal stage that “ has nothing to do with the concepts of euthanasia or assisted suicide ”. Thus, pointed out that the definition more in line with the reality is that of the Texas Institute of Medicine: “ that death free of anguish and suffering for the patient, family, and caregivers in general, in accordance with their wishes and reasonably consistent with the clinical, cultural, and ethical standards ”. Jury González has pointed out that “ a human death means to meet the needs of the patient, giving a comprehensive care, providing pain relief, ensuring a personal accompaniment, giving truthful information of its process and to meet their spiritual needs ”.

The expert pointed out the need for health professionals who provide such assistance to be specialized, trained and trained properly, because they must deal with assistance that requires specialized Super care. However, it has affected that staff is”not sufficiently prepared,” so it has argued that “it must be given more training, starting with the powers”. In this connection, underlined that in this process it is nurses who have lead the processes within the multidisciplinary team, that its assistance is the closest, being in continuous contact with the patient and their families.

For maximum González Bill which the Government intended to regulate this care at the end of life – popularly known as the law of death Digna – has been suspended by the election impasse. “For this reason has pointed out that “ win whoever wins the forthcoming general elections should seriously consider seize the initiative ” because “ although there are already some regional regulations, it is essential that there is a basic law, so that all citizens have equal rights and that all professionals are working under the same criteria”. González Jurado has ensured that a hypothetical regulation of this process “not outright at all with the moral attitude of the professional”, that the patient “has the right not to be subjected, to die with dignity, to reject therapeutic measures, knowing that this entails shortening of life”.

Paul Simon: director of the strategy of bioethics of the Andalusian health system public

For his part, Paul Simon, Professor of the Andalusian School of public health (EASP) and director of the strategy of bioethics of the Andalusian health system public, has indicated that “ the reason why Andalusia was raised to regulate this area, is the number of cases that have been recorded. Therein, we find that cases clinically equal, the various administrations gave very different responses. For this reason, consider that the law on the autonomy of the patient was not sufficient in our field ”.

In this order of things, “ seemed clear that we should fight against the perception that clinical at the end of life decisions are assimilated to euthanasia. Euthanasia is a concept that is regulated in article 143 of the criminal code and, therefore, is the State regulatory. In Andalusia we set out to regulate precisely, it is not euthanasia; in other words, aspects such as the right to information, palliative sedation, informed consent, the limitation of the therapeutic effort and therapeutic rejection. We wanted to provide a legal framework to regulate in more detail these activities and that professionals could exercise them with legal certainty ”.

The expert pointed also to “ Although bioethics committees already existed, its role was better articulated with the Andalusian law. Over time, the bet of Andalusia with its Bill of rights and guarantees of persons in the process of death demonstrated that Yes it was necessary, as well it is checking with similar legislation in the autonomous communities of Aragon and Navarre ”.

The director of the strategy of bioethics of the Andalusian health system public has stressed also that “ our goal in developing the law was twofold: improve the quality of health care and give legal certainty to the professional ”. He has also indicated that currently “ are in the phase of evaluation and development which will be the first report of the law, which will be submitted in the Andalusian Parliament ”.

The voice of patients

the President of the Association right to die Dignamente in Andalusia, Isabel Torres, has expressed its belief that “ citizens associations are complementary institutions, because we arrived where they fail, thanks to our greater proximity to citizens ”.

For Isabel Torres, with the rules of Andalusia with its Bill of rights and guarantees of persons in the process of death, “ falls short in several respects. For example, refers in his articles to coverage for terminally ill or dying, when from our Association we claim that it also help patients with serious diseases or pathologies irreversible ”.

The President of the Association right to die Dignamente of Andalusia has not hesitated to say that “ our aim is to promote each person to choose freely when you want to end his life ”, if that is the case, which is why “ want the legality of euthanasia and assisted suicide ”.

“ From our partnership we seek to influence politicians, so that they respond to these requests, because there is still much pain, much anguish, and much hypocrisy on the issue of the death ”, has underlined.

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Spain health system tends to a mixed public private partnership formula

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in Spain the health system tends to a mixed public-private partnership formula

-Experts point out that in recent years there has been a growing role of private initiative in the health system in Spain, what her closer to the European model

– in a session that has taken place within the framework of the celebration of the cardiovascular diseases Congress of 2011 SEC, various European experts have highlighted that European health systems tend to resemble more and more and that the key is to bet for greater flexibility and efficiency

-En Spain, indicate that still crawls a certain inertia and stiffness in the national health system, which degenerates in lack of productivity and resolution in the face of the patient

Maspalomas (Gran Canaria), 2011-October the society Spanish Cardiology (SEC), within the framework of the Congress of the cardiovascular diseases SEC 2011, which was held this weekend in Maspalomas (Gran Canaria), has addressed one of the main issues currently dealt with in our country in reference to health policy: the pros and cons of having a national health service, public or private, and the trend that follows Spain in relation to other European countries.

For this purpose, during the celebration of the Congress of the SEC, which brought together some 4,000 cardiologists throughout Spain, international experts and medical professionals from other specialties, held a round table, under the title ‘ approaches and differences in private and public healthcare systems in Europe ’which have brought together experts from different nationalities to outline the differences and similarities of public and private health systems in some countries of the European Union, with the aim of improving the knowledge of participants on how Italy health systems are designedGermany, England, and Spain, to then be able to extract some lessons to progress and to optimize results.

One of the main conclusions that have been learned is that the health systems of most developed countries of Europe resemble more and more. in addition to sharing a model based on the existence of national systems of health (with the national service for English health as a reference), now also copied and share private management initiatives. In any case, the Chairman of the SEC, Dr. Carlos Macaya, believes “ the current aim is identical: encourage flexibility and, above all, increase the efficiency ”.

In general, explains the Chairman of the SEC, “ European health systems tend to appear more and more, mainly because not only are they based on national health systems, but they offer universal coverage or almost ”.

Differences, particularly as regards Spain, depart especially from the fact that in some European countries many of the providers of health services choose the formula for reimbursement; on the other hand, says Dr. Macaya, “ in our country have traditionally a wide and extensive network of public hospitals who have offered these services, leaving very little room for the conclusion of certain health benefits ”; in fact, adds “ even drag a certain inertia and stiffness in the national health system, with a limited efficiency and a poor productivity ”.

However, the situation in our country is varying substantially in recent years. By way of example, the head of the SEC cites the growing role that are annexing the Spanish health landscape companies like Bank health or Capio, “ ever-increasing market-grabbing ”. They are companies that establish a public-private partnership that they provide infrastructure and charge form capitativa (for insured) to the State, by presenting today as an alternative to the sustainability of the public health system.

The turning point is located with the implementation underway, development and implementation of “Model Alzira”, a new paradigm is to manage public health and that it already has five administrative concessions in the Valencian Community, four hospitals in the community of Madrid, and arouses the interest of Governments and institutions both public and private national and international.

Although the Swedish model has not been addressed specifically at this meeting, Dr. Macaya finds it particularly suggestive. “ All Sweden public hospitals have become privately, although without having impact on the cost that the citizen must pay for health services. What he has done is increase efficiency ”. One of the distinguishing features of this model, as the Chairman of the SEC, “ is that assessment of physicians based on their productivity, so that they can be economically compensated or under warrant longer are more efficient and productive ”.

For its part, the President-elect of the SEC, Dr. Vicente Bertomeu, points out that “ management is good or bad, regardless of whether public or private. The problem is that there is a stagnation in public health that even such basics as the standards of selection and recruitment of staff are different in public hospitals and in private. On the other hand, practitioners in public hospitals have virtually no incentive policy, nor recognizes their professional capacity and productivity. Therefore, the solution is not exclusively the privatization, but the adaptation to the current socio-economic model of the regulations of the health management of public hospitals. We must not forget that the best hospitals in Spain are public ”.

According to Bertomeu, in any case, “ both public hospitals and concessions are the responsibility of the health authorities, which must ensure for the fulfilment of the standards and recommendations developed by the scientific societies that health benefits are equitable to the whole population, not forgetting, the health authorities toalso the welfare aspect should bet by undergraduate and graduate training and development in the research ”.

Spanish society of Cardiology (SEC)

The Spanish society of Cardiology (SEC) is a scientific and professional organization non-profit dedicated to increasing the State of knowledge about the heart and the circulatory system, to make progress in the prevention and treatment of their diseases and to improve survival and quality of life for heart patients.

The SEC has among its principal objectives contribute to research international, especially European and Latin American, create national and international links for the development of actions and represent all interested professionals in the field of cardiology.

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips