Brief news Assistència Sanitària
Improvement for telemedicine with video-consultations
With the advance of ddigitalisation, amongst its services Assistència Sanitària is introducing elements of telemedicine, such as video-consultations, which allow improvements in access to medical care and is one of the most efficient ways to be close to people at present, particularly in some segments of the population. Recent studies indicate that 89% of patients see health as a benefit that is not only in person, but also digital. The most ‘digital’ patients are the ones who look after themselves best and feel that their health is improving. Therefore, in 2022 the tool that showed its effectiveness during the tests carried out in the Covid-19 pandemic will be implanted.
Assistència Sanitària and SCIAS include the pandemic testimony in their reports
For any healthcare organisation, an unprecedented situation such as the world coronavirus pandemic that was declared at the beginning of 2020 is an event that must be recorded and be analysed in order for the experience to provide value to similar events in the future. In September the Assistència Sanitària and SCIAS reports were published, which outlined the activities developed by both organisations over the year 2020 as a compendium. In such a special year, the reports also go over the extraordinary steps developed to give a streamlined, effective response to the needs of the moment of the insured population. Examples of this are the Covid-19 telephone line, home antigen testing or making premium payments more flexible for people with decreased income, amongst other aspects that were underlined.
New Assistència Sanitària website and app
With a renewed design and extended functions, in 2022 Assistència Sanitària’s new website and app will come into operation. They are designed to streamline consultations, simplify administration work and provide any information that could be valuable for users. The applied improvements promote the quality content and they implement steps to ensure that browsing the new website is more intuitive and visual.
The Hospital de Barcelona repeats as one of the World’s Best Hospitals
For the second time, the Hospital de Barcelona has been included on the World’s Best Hospitals list, which in its Spanish edition includes the best public and private hospital centres according to prestige and care quality criteria. The magazine Newsweek publishes this study with an international scope and grants a place to the Hospital de Barcelona as one of the best hospitals in the world in 2021. The acknowledgement coincides with the participation of members of the Hospital de Barcelona’s emergency service at IFH Barcelona 2021, the 44th World Hospital Congress, held in November.
Assembly of SCIAS members
As a healthcare cooperative formed by people insured by Assistència Sanitària and owner of the Hospital of Barcelona, this autumn SCIAS has experienced the highpoint of this organisational chart that is based on co-management by doctors and patients. From the 18th to the 27th of October, the preparatory assemblies were held both in person and virtually. And on the 6th of November, in person, the General Ordinary Assembly was held, the cooperative’s main governing body, which amongst other matters tackled the approval of the accounts.
