The term Complex Chronic Disease refers to patients who live with two or more diseases. These cases present a major challenge to health systems throughout the world, which tend to focus on individual conditions.
With your support it will be possible to identify, categorize and promote innovative organizations and practices to facilitate their dissemination and application worldwide.
This Observatory is an initiative of the Andalusian Ministry of Health in Spain, through its General Directorate for Health Innovation, Systems and Technology.
We invite you to send any relevant documentation and to contribute to an International Glossary.
Community
Team Pluripatología y Polimedicación has been created in OPIMEC.
Team Modelos de gestión de la enfermedad has been created in OPIMEC.
Team Implicaciones económicas, sociales y políticas has been created in OPIMEC.
Team "When people live with multiple chronic disease: a collaborative approach to an emerging global challenge" has been created in OPIMEC.
Document Chapter 9: Economic, social and political implications from Implicaciones económicas, sociales y políticas has been published.
Document Chapter 6: Primary care, institutional services and integrated management processes from Primary care, institutional services and integrated management processes has been published.
Administrador OPIMEC has joined to team "When people live with multiple chronic disease: a collaborative approach to an emerging global challenge"
Maria Isabel Muñoz Vilacides has joined to team Equipo EASP-YACO
Susana Romero has joined to team Pluripatología y Polimedicación
Francisco Javier Galindo Ocaña has joined to team Pluripatología y Polimedicación
Highlights
- AMICA (Autonomy, Motivation & Individual Self-Management for COPD Patients)
- Pluripatology Care Unit (UAPP)
- Conxo hospital for chronic patients
Recent updates
- Los niños con enfermedades crónicas carecen de los cuidados necesarios en los colegios
- Tema del mes: “Medicina 2.0”
- Health 2.0 Europe conference
- El III Plan de Salud de la Comunidad Valenciana prevé la creación de un Observatorio de la Cronicidad
- Enfermedad crónica, la epidemia del siglo XXI
