Exploring Connected Health in Spain's Healthcare System

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Alin Makardian Connected Health in Spain HSCI 415 California State University Northridge Connected Health in Spain Instituto Nacional de la Salud, is Spain’s national healthcare system. Spain enjoys a national healthcare system that is based on universal healthcare. Their system covers 100% of nationals regardless of their economic standings. In recent reforms in European nations, they have divided the system to provide improved access, time quality and better increase their outreach to the community target for development. Healthcare information technology will be the future, is the future and it is now. Information technology is referred to anything related to computing technology, such as networking, hardware, software, the Internet, or the people that work with these technologies. Nations around the world are taking strides in adopting health information technology into their future. Networking and communicating are also ways today’s generations are integrating units of healthcare delivery into their organizations. Over the last decade of innovation, and utilization, high technology has increased both in figures and in terms of population rates. Regarding e- health, many services have become available to electronically submitte prescriptions. Many services are at least in the beginning phases for an informatics solution, and most have already implemented it or are in the roll-out phase. Internet appointments for primary care services were fully implemented in 2009. (euro.who) Connected Health is an approach to healthcare delivery that allows accessing and sharing of information, as well as allowing subsequent analysis of health data across healthcare systems. This is a approach to healthcare with p... ... middle of paper ... ...e to Integrated healthcare delivery. Retreived on December 1, 2014, from http://www.himss.eu/sites/default/files/Accenture-Connected-Health- Global-Report-Final-Web.pdf Connected Health in Spain. Retreived on November 25, 2014, from http://www.accenture.com/us-en/Pages/insight-connected-health-spain.aspx Glandon, G., & Smaltz, D. (2008). Applications: Electronic Health Records. In Information systems for healthcare management (Eighth ed., Vol. 8, p. 257). Health systems in transition. Spain health system review. (n.d.). Retrieved December 1, 2014, from http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/128830/e94549.pdf INAHTA. (n.d.). Retrieved December 1, 2014, from http://www.inahta.org/our-members/members/aetsa/ Spanish Town Guides your complete guide to Spain. Retrevied on November, 25 2014. http://www.spanish-town-guides.com/Healthcare_Spain.htm

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