Dr. Josep Vidal-Alaball

L’eConsulta, en funcionament des de finals de l'any 2015, és un servei de teleconsulta asíncrona integrat en els sistemes d'informació de l'atenció primària del sistema públic de salut de Catalunya. La seva implantació ha estat gradual, fins que l'any 2017 es consolida com un complement a l'atenció presencial a disposició de la majoria de centres d'atenció primària.   Si bé inicialment era una eina només per a professionals de medicina, actualment la poden utilitzar també pediatria, infermeria i alguns serveis de salut sexual i reproductiva. Des del punt de vista del ciutadà, l’eConsulta és un dels serveis integrats a la carpeta personal de salut, espai digital que permet el ciutadà visualitzar la seva informació de salut, fer consultes i realitzar alguns tràmits. En aquest espai, en el qual s'accedeix mitjançant una autenticació segura, la interfície de l’eConsulta permet triar a quin professional dirigir la consulta i adjuntar arxius guardant un regis...

eConsulta is a tele-consultation service involving doctors and patients, and is part of Catalonia's public health information technology system. The service has been in operation since the end of 2015 as an adjunct to face-to-face consultations. eConsulta is one of the services offered in their Personal Health Folder, a personal digital space that provides access to personal health information, allowing them to make enquiries and perform specific actions. Following a secure authentication process, patients can access an interface that allows them to submit their query and attach files, if necessary. The portal can be customised and keeps a record of previous teleconsultations. We have been evaluating this service and publishing the results in open, peer reviewed scientific journals.  General Practitioners’ Perceptions of Whether Teleconsultations Reduce the Number of Face-to-face Visits in the Catalan Public Primary Care System: Retrospective Cross-Sect...

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health   2019 ,  16 (22), 4366; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224366 Article Impact of a Telemedicine Program on the Reduction in the Emission of Atmospheric Pollutants and Journeys by Road by  Josep Vidal-Alaball  1,2,* ,  Jordi Franch-Parella  3,* ,  Francesc Lopez Seguí  4,5 ,  Francesc Garcia Cuyàs  6  and  Jacobo Mendioroz Peña  1,2 1 Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Institut Català de la Salut, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain 2 Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, 08007 Barcelona, Spain 3 Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya, 08242 Manresa, Spain 4 TIC Salut Social-Ministry of Health, 08005 Barcelona, Spain 5 CRES&CEXS-Pompeu Fabra University, 08005 Barcelona, Spain ...

Mayara Floss,  Kyle Hoedebecke,  Josep Vidal-Alaball Abstract Background:  Health clinic design varies from country to country. The layout of a general practitioner’s (GP’s) consulting room may influence the physician’s or patient’s experience. The aim of this study is to explore and investigate the layout of GP’s consulting rooms around the world and to describe any significant differences. Methods:  Between 3rd July and 2nd August 2018, an internet-based questionnaire on Google Docs was distributed by email, social media and WhatsApp platforms to several worldwide rural medicine groups.  Analysis of an internet-based questionnaire to explore possible layouts of consultation rooms within practices was performed. The questionnaire was designed with three distinct sections: first, a GP demographic profile including gender, year of graduation from medical school, country of graduation, and type of practice (private or public); second, questions ...

I am guest editing a special issue with @was3210 on the use of social media within Public Health in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  (ISSN 1660-4601; CODEN: IJERGQ; ISSN 1661-7827 for printed edition)  @IJERPH_MDPI . We hope you can submit your research to this exciting special issue! To submit an article follow this link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/social_media_public_health Manuscript Submission Information Manuscripts should be submitted online at  www.mdpi.com  by  registering  and  logging in to this website . Once you are registered,  click here to go to the submission form . Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications ...

Information and communications technologies in Health. TELEMEDICINE. Lecture from Josep Vidal-Alaball

Video Promocional 27è Congrés CAMFIC from CAMFiC on Vimeo . 02 Josep from CAMFiC on Vimeo . I... 🥁🥁🥁 Aquí teniu el vídeo amb els nostres protagonistes q us animen a venir al @congresCAMFiC del proper novembre a BCN ❗ @Noemidemiguel @jvalaball @eugeniparedes @MireDoc @enricmd @cristicarbo #aixecatdelacadira #araCAMFiC #OrgullPrimària ➕ INFO https://t.co/udrUgx919s pic.twitter.com/WGl7fhKLHU — 27è congrés CAMFiC (@congresCAMFiC) May 30, 2019

A New Tool for Public Health Opinion to Give Insight Into Telemedicine: Twitter Poll Analysis Josep Vidal-Alaball 1, 2 * , MD, MPH, PhD   ;  Luis Fernandez-Luque 3 * , PhD   ;  Francesc X Marin-Gomez 1, 2 * , MD   ;  Wasim Ahmed 4 * , PhD   1 Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain 2 Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain 3 Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar 4 Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom *all authors contributed equally https://formative.jmir.org/2019/2/e13870/ ABSTRACT Background:  Telemedicine draws on information technologies in order to enable the delivery...

Presentació a les Aules de la gent gran de Berga. Maig 2019 Remeis de l'àvia de Josep Vidal-Alaball

Josep Vidal-Alaball 1, 2 , MD, PhD, MPH   ;  Dídac Royo Fibla 3 , BEng   ;  Miguel A Zapata 3 , MD, PhD   ;  Francesc X Marin-Gomez 1 , MD, MPH   ;  Oscar Solans Fernandez 4 , MD   1 Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Catalan Health Institute, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain 2 Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain 3 OPTretina, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain 4 eHealth Directorate, Department of Health, Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain ABSTRACT Background:  Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most important causes of blindness worldwide, especially in developed countries. In diabetic patients, periodic examination of the back of the eye using a nonmydriatic camera has been widely demonstrated to be an effective system to control and prevent ...