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 […]
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 […]
