The cooperative movement at the service of social medicine
Dr. María Pérez-Hervada Maestre has recently taken charge of the coordination of AssislaHB, Grup Assistència's clinical laboratory, with the firm intention of strengthening its role as an outstanding and strategic clinical tool for all the group's medical staff.
Dr Pérez-Hervada, who is also Deputy Medical Director of SCIAS-Hospital de Barcelona, has expressed her commitment to supporting high-quality medicine, based on a tight and effective collaboration between the laboratory teams and professionals across all specialities. "I am convinced that AssislaHB can make a clinical difference compared to other models," she said.
Among the laboratory's resources which are already in operation are the warning circuit that alerts of critical values and the quick resolution system for incidents and queries, both managed by a team of highly qualified doctors, headed by Dr. Beatriz Candás, providing easy access and constant availability.
Aware of the challenges involved in launching such a project, the new co-ordination team aims to promote fluid, two-way communication, integrating the experiences and suggestions of Grup Assistència professionals with the aim of perfecting every process and bolstering the efficiency and quality of the service. These professionals were also personally invited to visit the laboratory's new facilities and see first-hand how they work, highlighting the desire to turn AssislaHB into a benchmark model, focusing on diagnostic excellence and patient care.
With a very substantial number of policyholders who live in el Vallès Occidental, Assistència Sanitària is taking another step forward in its commitment to the area and is moving its Terrassa branch to new premises located in a central and well-connected area of the city.
The organization has incorporated new instruments and capabilities in line with its pursuit of a safer, more stable, and responsible future.