New supplements: "Impacto" and "Patient safety"

A special edition featuring the Quality Awards granted in December (interviews with award-winners, photographs, …).

The 6th edition of the International Classification of Diseases – ICD-9-CM published in January is now available.

Clinical coding bulletin num. 27 corresponding to the addendum with the new ICD-9-CM codes in force since 1 January 2008 is now available for consultation.

The Quality Agency’s Health Information Institute (IIS) has published the 2005 Residential Healthcare Centre Statistics (Estadística de Establecimientos Sanitarios con Régimen de Internado 2005).

Publication of a report on Cardiovascular disease in women: the situation in Spain (Enfermedad cardiovascular en la mujer. Estudio de la situación en España), headed by the Spanish Women’s Health Observatory, based on the study conducted by the Research Agency and Scientific Sections of the Spanish Cardiology Society.

The Spanish NHS Care in Normal Birth Strategy is now available, adding to the set of existing Strategies that represent a collective commitment on the part of all those involved in the healthcare process.

Publication of the 2007 Report of the Quality Agency’s Audit Programme.

The complete text is now available of the presentations made at the launch and dissemination of the Spanish Palliative Care Strategy, organised by the Catalonia Regional Health Authority and the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs (Barcelona, 31 January 2008).

A meeting of the EUNetPaS Project is to be held on 28-29 February in Utrecht. View more.

Publication by the Spanish NHS Quality Agency of the Review of Bibliography on the Cost of Patient Safety Failings.

Publication of the preliminary report on rectum cancer surgery and its results in Spain.

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Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013 (Octuber, 2007).

The Gender Unit of the WHO Regional Office for Europe places the Gender Tool at the disposal of all countries, to facilitate inclusion of gender analysis in health programmes and policies (WHO, January 2008).

“The Anti-Smoking Act and the risk for passive smokers” (Las Provincias, 22/01/08).

Award of the Civil Order of Merit in Health Care (Ministry of Health & Consumer Affairs, 25/01/08).

“More medicine is not always the best medicine” (El País, 29/01/08).

Meeting of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee of the Spanish NHS National Cancer Strategy (Ministry of Health & Consumer Affairs, 22 January 2008). See institutional presentation.

Meeting to establish the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee of the Spanish NHS National Ischaemic Heart Disease Strategy (Ministry of Health & Consumer Affairs, 28 January 2008). See institutional presentation.

Meeting to establish the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee of the Spanish NHS National Diabetes Strategy (Ministry of Health & Consumer Affairs, 5 February 2008). See institutional presentation.

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