Virtual Diabetes Consultations maintained by the specialists of the Bellvitge Hospital in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat with family doctors have allowed to reduce the waiting list of face -to -face visits in the primary care of the area of influence of this hospital in this hospital..
In 2013, the Bellvitge Hospital launched virtual diabetes consultations, thanks to which family doctors can transfer questions to hospital specialists, solving the doubts they have without the need to refer the patient to a conventional appointment.
The response of endocrinologists occurs in less than a week, so that unnecessary derivations are saved to the hospital and a faster and more efficient response is achieved, Bellvitge has reported this Monday in a statement.
This initiative has allowed the list of waiting for face -to -face visits for diabetes in the primary care of the Bellvitge Hospital area has been reduced from five months to a month.
Virtual consultations will be one of the topics that will be discussed in the II day on diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, which will take place this Tuesday at the Bellvitge Hospital with the participation of more than 120 professionals.