A005 – Platforms and methodology

Research objectives
- Provide evidence for prioritization in the management of public resources. Assess risks and identify opportunities to improve the health of the population. From here, prioritise structural investments and action programs.
- Design an adequate communication policy in an environment of almost universal access to information on health and “empowered” patients.
- Provide evidence for prioritising lines of research from the patient’s point of view, in order to detect areas for improving people’s quality of life.
Research groups
Area leader
Francisco Gude Sampedro
Deputy Epidemiology Specialist and Clinical Research Unit, University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela. Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, USC. Bachelor and Doctor of Medicine from the USC. Specialist in Family and Community Medicine, and in Preventiv
Area co-leader
Irene Zarra Ferro
Lidera un Servicio de Farmacia que se caracteriza por estar orientado hacia el paciente en vez de al medicamento. En nuestro Hospital hemos conseguido que el farmacéutico sea un profesional reconocido y requerido en los distintos servicios por nuestras tres vertientes, que son: clínica, gestora e