“It is a recognition of the group work we do, we are 15 personasmost of them internists and we have two palliative experts and three geriatricians. Last year we were finalists, having won it is a great encouragement to keep going,” he says. Antonio Nunez Garcia, head of the Internal Medicine Service of Villalba General University Hospitalaward-winning service BiC 2022 award.
“These systems streamline processes and we believe that facing the patient is good”
Antonio Nunez Garciahead of the Internal Medicine Service of the General University Hospital of Villalba
“We have a highly advanced computer program that allows us to visualize the medical tests on the computer screen”, explains Núñez García, who recalls that these new technologies also facilitate and favor the experience of patients, who can also view the results of the tests performed on them from home at the Villalba hospital.
“These systems streamline processes and we believe that facing the patient is goodwe maintain a web dialogue with them that avoids necessary visits to the hospital”, adds the head of service.
Improve patient life
The Villalba internist service is very focused on improving the lives of its patients, especially the elderly: “We have a project to reduce the number of hospital transfers”, explains Núñez who is proud of the good communication that his service maintains with the residences. It values the importance of monitoring elderly patients where they live, either at home or in a center.
“Income greatly alters people’s lives, especially the elderly, thanks to the personalized attentionat home or through new technologies, we can reduce the number of transfers and avoid long bed stays ”, he remarks.
This service is eminently dedicated to patient care, so, in the words of its head of service, its ‘one leg’ would be research. “It is something in which we are focused on improving, we have a low research profile, but it is because we work day by day with the patient and we really like clinical practice“, Explain.
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