The Zaragoza III Health Sector, recognized as a Center Committed to Excellence in Care

The designation ceremony, held on May 6 at the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital, commemorated this international recognition with more than a hundred attendees, three roundtable discussions with professionals and patients, and the presentation of official diplomas.

The professionals of the Zaragoza Health Sector III They celebrated last Tuesday, May 6, the ceremony designating the institution as Center Committed to Excellence in CareThis Sector was officially designated last April with this international recognition, becoming the first Aragonese entity to achieve this.

"This recognition is the validation of a care model that places the patient at the center of our health system, reinforcing their active participation in the health process and guaranteeing a safer and more effective experience," said the Minister of Health, José Luis Bancalero Flores, who participated in the opening of the event. He was accompanied by the Sector Manager, Rafael Lapeña, Scientific Director from the Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), Ángel Lanas, and Esther González María, who has participated as representative of BPSO Spain and the Carlos III Institute.

The day, to which More than a hundred professionals have attendedThe event consisted of a roundtable discussion with leaders, another discussion on innovative experiences implemented, and a third discussion with patient testimonials. Official diplomas certifying the appointment were also presented.

Good practice guides

For three years (2022-2024), a multidisciplinary team made up of 200 over professionals launched and evaluated the “Program for the Implementation of Good Practices in Care", whose objective has been to promote, facilitate and support the implementation, evaluation and maintenance of good practices in careTo achieve this goal, internationally validated best practice guidelines have been used from a scientific perspective.

The two hundred promoters who have made the development of the program possible have been trained in Implementation Methodology and have worked to ensure that the extent of the practices outlined in the guidelines has been as broad as possible. as broad and homogeneous as possible among the staff of the services involved, integrating it into their daily work and periodically evaluating it.

Specifically, in the centers of Zaragoza Sector III Work has been done on the implementation of three of these guides: the assessment and care of adults at risk of suicidal ideation and behavior; support for adults who are waiting or living with an ostomy; and attention to the Breastfeeding (encouragement, support, exclusivity, continuation) for breastfed newborns and young children.

For this implementation, specific actions have been developed such as changes in electronic medical records, increase in registrations, new circuits of interconsultation between professionals, development of procedures and algorithms for decision making, training courses, staff support materials, information elements for users, expert patient workshops, conferences with patient associations and research conferences.

It is worth remembering that Sector Zaragoza III is made up of the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital, twenty-two Primary Care centers, the Nuestra Señora del Pilar Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center, the Inocencio Jiménez, Cinco Villas de Ejea, and Moncayo de Tarazona specialty medical centers, and the Delicias and Inocencio Jiménez mental health units.

An international challenge

This project is promoted by the BPSO Host-Spain and RNAO Coordinating Center (Professional Nurses Association of Ontario), in collaboration with the Health Care Research Unit of the Carlos III Health Institute (INVESTÉN-ISCIII).

BPSO was born in Canada, where RNAO launched these initiatives in 2003, which have spread worldwide, surpassing a thousand. In Spain, the BPSO program began in 2012, and the Zaragoza III Health Sector was one of the seven health organizations selected for the development of this program in the 2021 call.

The objective of BPSO Host-Spain is the creation of a national network of centers that are signified and highlighted by the use of practices based on the best research results in care.

Source: Aragon Today