The managing director of the Murcia Health Service, Manuel Ángel Moreno, congratulated the Primary and Hospital Care professionals of the Diabetes Unit of the VII Murcia-East Health Area, awarded by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality with the Sealof good practices in the national health system strategy in diabetes.
This recognition is given to the experience 'Comprehensive and efficient care of diabetes through the primary-hospital interrelationIn diabetic patients.
The seal of good practices of the Ministry is framed in the principles of the Law of Quality and Cohesion of the National Health System of the year 2003 and in the III 2014-2020 Health Program through which the European Commission intends to encourage cooperation betweenMember States promoting the sustainability and effectiveness of health systems.
This distinction, which will be granted by the Ministry next Monday, March 16, value initiatives aimed at improving the quality of the health system in its quality to promote the development of good practices based on innovation and improvement of the care service, according to haveInformed regional government sources in a statement.
Moreno said that "good practices are the optimal way to enable the exchange of initiatives between institutions in the sector, since they are a fundamental vehicle to disseminate health information and knowledge among professionals."
And, the Diabetes Unit of the Health Area VII Murcia-East is, as explained by the managing director, composed of professionals of the Internal Medicine Service, especially the Endocrinology and Nutrition section of the Reina Sofía General University Hospital, as well asby doctors and nurses of the ten health centers assigned to this area.
Lately, it is working on the development and implementation of a computer system to detect the population susceptible to screening in primary care.The purpose is to improve the monitoring and monitoring of patients and risk factors, as well as achieving the optimal control objectives collected in clinical practice guides.
Likewise, it includes, among other initiatives, the implementation of efficient strategies in the health area VII Murcia-East in the field of diabetological education, reduce the variability of clinical practice and reduce the acute and chronic complications of these patients.
Diabetes in the region
In the Region of Murcia, according to data collected by the Murcian Health Service, there are more than 100,000 people over 14 years old with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, a pathology defined by the increase in blood glucose levels that affects different organs and tissues.
The managing director of the SMS, Manuel Ángel Moreno, said that diabetes "is a chronic disease that usually appears associated with other risk factors such as, for example, obesity, sedentary lifestyle or the consumption of certain drugs."
Moreno concluded that from the Ministry of Health and Social Policy the execution of the 'Integrated Assistance Process: Diabetes', framed in the 'Strategy 2015 for health care' is being perfected, and the 'Active Program' is also being expanded forPromote healthy lifestyles through the prescription of physical exercise through the Family and Community Medicine option.