Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in Spain. In recent years, both the Ministry of Health and the autonomous communities have promoted numerous initiatives to improve prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of these conditions. However, when the actual progress of these diseases is analyzed from a broader perspective…
Cardiovascular diseases follow clinical trajectories that unfold over time. They begin with the accumulation of risk factors, progress through acute episodes of varying intensity, and continue through phases of stability, relapse, or chronicity. Their management demands more than just occasional technical excellence: it requires consistent organizational approach throughout the entire process…
Each professional field interprets the care process from its own position within the system. Incorporating these different perspectives is what allows for a deeper understanding of how healthcare actually works. When we think about breast cancer, the immediate references are usually screening, oncology, radiology, or surgery. It's a…
The Population Healthcare Pressure Indicator (IPAP) Surgical waiting lists have been part of the healthcare debate for years. They are usually analyzed as a number: how many patients are waiting for a procedure at a given time. This approach, although descriptive, is insufficient to understand the true magnitude of the problem and, above all, to compare it between different regions….
There is much to learn from other countries in the management of healthcare emergencies. Systems that have understood that the problem is not only one of care, but also of organization: how demand is regulated, how access is managed, and how the system's most intensive resource is protected. This post will not provide a general overview…
Waiting lists have become one of the most widely used indicators to describe the functioning of public healthcare systems. However, their actual usefulness as a management tool and as a reliable reflection of healthcare access is debatable when analyzed in isolation. At the Venturi Project, we have been arguing that…
As a preliminary reflection on the report we are preparing regarding the surgical waiting list, with data updated to June 2025, we share this initial analysis focused on entry points to the system. The surgical waiting list (SWL) should be understood as a resulting variable. Therefore, the number of people on the waiting list…
For years, population aging has been a frequently cited factor to explain the increased pressure on healthcare services. However, the data reveals a more nuanced reality. Until 2019, the growth of the elderly population coexisted with relatively stable outpatient activity: the system compensated for the population increase…
Following the recently published analysis of South Korea's experience and its approach to integrating innovation into real-world clinical settings (http://enclavesalud.com/lecciones-desde-corea-del-sur-primero-cultura-y-procesos-luego-tecnologia/), it is particularly useful to apply this perspective to the specific field of artificial intelligence. Those lessons—the importance of order, the coherence between culture and processes, and gradual integration…
In the analysis of the Venturi Project on breast cancer care—especially in the initial stages of the diagnostic process—a constant emerges that only becomes clear when viewed holistically: the overall efficiency of the process depends on the individual performance of each of the services involved. And there…
Why Actual Coverage Depends on Where You Live and Your Age Group. Breast cancer screening is one of the most effective public health interventions in our healthcare system. It detects cancer earlier, reduces complications, and improves survival rates. But there's something that's rarely mentioned: not all women…
To understand what's happening, especially with initial specialist appointments, we need to change our mental image. It's not just about imagining queues of people waiting, but understanding that we're actually dealing with a continuous flow, like water moving through a circuit. The healthcare system functions like a…
