The council area of Quality of Life, Francisco Calderon, accompanied by the Councillor for Social Services, Carmen Martin, held a meeting this morning at the administrative headquarters of San Miguel, responsible for Innovation with Murciano Health Service Gorka Sánchez .During the meeting discussed the upcoming launch of the European project INCA (Including Introduction of Integrated Care) at Area Health II.
The initiative promotes the improvement in care for chronic patients through a technological platform that allows the management of information in real time.
Specifically, in the hinterland of Cartagena will apply on 250 chronic patients of 250 patients with diabetes and heart failure, all of them over 65 years.
In developing the program 32 family doctors and 17 nurses will be involved The system provides, through an application, link to those involved in the clinical monitoring of the patient, the patient interrelating with doctors and nurses in primary care and hospital care.;
social workers and caregivers.
Through this tool, parameterized for the most part, the patient participates actively, becoming prominent in the process.
Moreover, from this social and health care network, how the patient health education, receiving information on recommendations pills and behavioral patterns.
The project will start running immediately at Area Health II with an intervention period estimated one year.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena