Pilot programme created for patients with chronic diseases

Depression, anxiety, mental problems, back pain and arthritis. These are, according to a report published yesterday by the Balearic Institute of Health, the main reasons for complaints from patients with chronic problems. Given the results, health authorities have decided to start a pilot programme to deal better with and treat patients with chronic complaints. A new information system has been tested and approved, which means medical staff from primary care facilities and doctors in hospitals can now work together, access a patient’s medical records and better regulate the patient’s condition and by doing so improve their daily lives.