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 […]
The book What’s happening with your healthcare system (J. Sevilla, I. Riesgo, Editorial Profit, 2018) is an analysis of our health system, both public and private. It tries to dismantle the thesis that, after the cuts as a result of the economic crisis, a recovery in spending and a reversal of “privatizations” […]
The Executive Summary of the document: Executive Summary English The sixth, and so far the last edition of the series on hot topics in Spanish health, was carried out with the collaboration of the Círculo de Empresarios. The topics analyzed that year were: The patient experience, beyond satisfaction surveys. Companies: important agents of change […]
Executive summary of the document: Executive summary in English For the fifth year – after 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 – the document on “burning issues in Spanish healthcare” is published. That of 2017 had a writing team made up of Julián García Vargas, Raimon Belenes and Ignacio Riesgo, it was carried […]
Article published in the daily “La Nueva España” (Oviedo), June 2, 2016 Seniority or merits? These days we are witnessing in Asturias an acute controversy following the incorporation into the Asturias Central Hospital, the largest hospital in the region, of 70 doctors based only on seniority criteria. The reason for the controversy is that service chiefs […]
Review the document “Health White Paper”, CEOE, May 24, 2016 Raid on the health sector by the CEOE A document called “Health White Paper” published by the CEOE has recently come to light. We must congratulate this institution and its main promoter, Carlos González Bosch, for this foray into the health field. Although […]
Report on pharmaceutical policy 2015, published by diariofarma. Some notable cuts in public health spending The economic crisis has hit the public health sector whose spending has gone down from 70,579 million euros in 2009 to 61,710 million in 2013, bringing down GDP from 6.5% to 5.9%. This significant decrease in public health […]
New Medical Economics magazine has presented me with an interesting challenge, which I would like to thank them for most sincerely. To summarize the contents of my recent book “Doctor or robots? What lies ahead in medicine ” in about 800 words. [1]. Given that the book has nine chapters and more than […]
