The IV Health Plan insists on improving the attention to priority health problems, among which it mentions chronic diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, diabetes and cancer.
According to Herrera during his speech, patients "complex pluripatological chronicles" represent 5.4 percent of the population, but accumulate 20 percent of primary consultations, almost 60 of hospital and 17 percent of theEmergency.
Although the department of Sáez Aguado has already launched a comprehensive care plan for these patients, he wants to continue taking steps in this regard and the Shoes will consist of protocolizing the process of integrated care at home and implementing a unique nursing care plan.
In the field of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes or cancer, the objective, ”explained the president of the Board - is to improve its early detection and control of risk factors.
Thus, for example, in the case of cancer it is intended to prepare a cancer map;continue improving the specific monitoring of the population at risk of suffering from this disease, as well as consolidating the early diagnostic programs - the cer one and colorectal - and, among other initiatives, implementing guides and protocols to promote the extension ofConservative surgery in the case of breast cancer.
heart disease
The new program also proposes as a specific objective to reduce the mortality caused by the acute myocardial infarction by implementing the Infarto Code as a management tool at all care levels and health areas, as well as reducing the incidence and mortality by ICTUS.
It also includes among its aims to increase the early detection of diabetes mellitus detecting the population susceptible to screening and providing comprehensive and integrated care to the patient.In addition, the IV Health Plan includes the creation of an oncological clinical research network.
Source: ABC
