The Business of Healthcare Innovation, edited by Lawton Robert Burns, is already a classic. The first edition was published in 2005, the second in 2012 and this one now, completely renewed, is from 2020. The book analyzes in detail with a global perspective the development of four important health industries: The pharmaceutical […]
“Virtual-First” Primary Care A revolution among American insurers JAMA magazine has just published (see PDF) an article on the growing phenomenon of “Virtual First” Primary Care. It all arises when in October 2021, the United Health group announced that it was going to offer a cheaper premium with a “virtual-first primary care” […]
ABSTRACT From the international point of view, the most outstanding thing is the great impact produced by the new variant of COVID called “omicron” and which originated in South Africa. Both the stock markets and the price of oil have collapsed and countries have established measures on flights from those countries, which does not […]
See PDF of the information: Visit to the Command Center of the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital Visit to the Command Center of the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital Thanks to the kindness and long friendship with the Manager, Dr. Manuel del Castillo, and under the effective and detailed explanations of Dr. […]
ABSTRACT From the international point of view, the plan of the American Democrats to negotiate the price of medicines and its possible impact on innovation continues to be discussed; Europe is once again the engine of the pandemic, with demonstrations in some European cities against confinements and COVID passport measures; and finally, the United […]
The famous physician, health economist and bioethicist, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, has recently published a book (Public Affairs, New York, 2020) that tries to answer the famous question of what is the best healthcare system in the world. Obviously, after a long exploration, the answer is that there is no system that can […]
ABSTRACT From an international point of view, the appearance of two new drugs for COVID (Merck and Pfizer) is considered a milestone in the evolution of the pandemic. Both drugs are small molecule, easy to produce, and for oral use. The other great milestone of the pandemic was, at the time, the appearance […]
ABSTRACT From an international point of view, to highlight something we knew: that WHO, in its current configuration, is not prepared for global health challenges. However, this finding is important in the article in the British Medical Journal by Anthony Costello. Europe, once again in the center of expansion of the pandemic. The […]
On October 4, 2021, at the inauguration of the Diploma of Specialization in Health Management (26th edition), jointly organized by the University of Granada and the Andalusian School of Public Health, I had the opportunity and the honor to make a presentation on the challenges of health systems in the 21st century, with […]
On October 29, 2020, this work was presented in an online session, due to the coronavirus pandemic, which was prepared by an independent work group and coordinated by Ignacio Riesgo. At a time when documents on the National Health System abound, it is difficult to justify a new report. This one that is presented […]
