What is OPIMEC
OPIMEC is the acronym in Spanish for the Observatory of Innovative Practices for Complex Chronic Disease Management.
The Observatory is a project funded by the General Directorate for Health Planning and Innovation of the Andalusian Ministry of Health in Spain. It is coordinated by Dr. Alejandro Jadad, Canada Research Chair in eHealth Innovation and Rose Family Chair in Supportive Care at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network in Canada; and a team at the Andalusian School of Public Health, in Granada, Spain. The project also receives generous support from a growing number of innovators who share a strong interest in collaborative efforts to improve the management of complex chronic diseases worldwide.
The EASP team is formed by Andres Cabrera León (OPIMEC coordinator and statistics and epidemiology professor), Alejandro Lopez Ruiz (Information Systems Professor), Diana Gosálvez Prados (Information and Knowledge Manager), Antonio J. Sánchez Contreras (Information Systems Manager) and Isac Begoña Martínez (Management and revitalizing communities).
OPIMEC responds to the need to create and build an network instrument known to managers, researchers, health professionals in general and patients and caregivers, organizations and practices related to management of complex chronic diseases, thus facilitating continuous improvement of quality in health care.
