Spain Madrid’s Minister of Health, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, explains in detail how the Autonomous Community executed a different COVID-19 strategy from other Spanish regions, following a “basic health zones” model, why it might be too soon to speak about “flu-isation”, and their plan to boost home hospitalisation and telemedicine. We…
Spain Teresa Chavarria Gimenez, director general of planning, research and training at the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid, highlights her role and the BioMad initiative as they look to position Madrid on the European and global biotech map. We want to facilitate the collaboration of the public…
Spain Fernando Prados Roa, deputy minister of health for Madrid, discusses the health paradigm of the community and elaborates on the role of SERMAS in managing and coordinating the city’s public healthcare system. What sets us apart in healthcare is our professionals Could you begin by introducing SERMAS – the…
Spain One of the unique aspects of the system is the fragmentation linked to the country’s 17 autonomous regions The Spanish healthcare system performance is ranked as 7th in the world by the World Health Organization (WHO), beating countries such as Japan, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States. Additionally,…
Spain Madrid, Spain’s capital, is the city with the highest life expectancy in Europe at 85.2 years. Moreover, Spain as a whole is one of Europe’s best performers in terms of life expectancy, ranking fourth globally and second in the continent. Explanations for this include the Spanish predilection for a…
Spain Enrique Ruiz Escudero, Minister of Health of the Community of Madrid, discusses his strategy to maintain Madrid’s spot as having Spain’s leading healthcare system, the creation of the bio-region –‘Biomad’, and the city’s adoption of innovative telemedicine practices. You took the reins of the Ministry of Health of the Community…
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