This system can provide alerts doctors or lights to indicate which areas affected by the disease more attention is needed.
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MEXICO, DF A multidisciplinary group of researchers from the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ) developed a /strong strong> software> that help improve disease control as chronic degenerative diabetes , said Sergio Hernandez Jimenez, coordinator of the Center for Comprehensive Care of Patients with Diabetes .
In an interview during the fourth annual meeting of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD, for its acronym in English) to be held in Mexico City from 9 to 13 November, the expert stressed that have good control of diabetes is very important because this condition triggers another set of diseases, as published by the conacytprensa.mx website.
“Diabetes is a major health problem in Mexico, not only for its high frequency but because it is the leading cause of death in adults, amputations, blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, hospitalizations and causes disability. “
Therefore, four years ago the idea of creating software that serve as a kind of electronic record, but also contribute to monitoring progress and maintaining a patient.
“We started with a database for external consultation. This system recababa the most fundamental data are the most practical and help us to make a quick view, the doctors who attend to a patient with diabetes, we know what are the major obstacles or barriers to achieve goals of this control. ”
Today, this system can also provide alerts doctors or signals to indicate what areas affected by diabetes each patient needs greater attention.
Four years ago the idea of create because at the Center for Comprehensive Care of the Patient with Diabetes, a patient is reviewed on the same day by nine different specialist software which serve as a kind of electronic file
This is important: endocrinologist, diabetes educator , psychologist, psychiatrist, ophthalmologist, dentist, physical activator, diabetic foot specialist and nutritionist.
“And these specialists need to be aware of the status of his patient in other areas, because in this type of chronic diseases all degenerative factors influence. For example, if a patient has diabetes and also suffers from depression or anxiety and the latter are not served in the right way, you may not have courage to follow your diet and it is commanded. Each of these specialists will have their own indicators, so that when they enter patient data can issue an alert traffic light (green, yellow and red), in which the level of progress of patients is displayed, “he explained .
In this way, doctors can create the best route of treatment for each person depending on their profile, the specialist said.
Another advantage to offer this software is developed by Mexicans may will conduct an analysis of medical work, in order to measure the levels of efficiency of treatment, he said
“This software is designed to also provide tools and suggestions for avoiding clinical inertia.; so that if the system identifies the patient at one time has not achieved its goals of control and detects that there have been no changes in treatment, the same system says physicians”re not changing the dose of the drug, justifies why ‘and if it is not justified, the system itself can give some suggestions of what could be done in this case. “
In addition to all this, it is intended that in a second phase of development software allow the patient to see and interpret their data, statistics and management goals, plus it can manifest your questions or comments, she said.
“The idea is that it also facilitates communication, because one of the big problems we have in chronic diseases is that communication between patient and health personnel must be continuous, not the classic model of care for acute diseases. “
also looking to export software to different hospitals in the country and even outside Mexico, as doctors at the clinic Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, are interested in using this type of technology system, he said.
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