The ICS’s South Metropolitan Territorial Management (GTMS for its acronym) - which is made up of Bellvitge University Hospital, Viladecans Hospital, and the Southern Metropolitan Primary Care - is committed to promoting innovation in healthcare. In line with this strategic axis, the Innovation section of the www.bellvitgehospital.cat website has been reformulated, which will be fed with the most outstanding innovation projects of the territory's devices. For the time being, it can be accessed via the link: https://bellvitgehospital.cat/es/proyectos-de-innovacion
Teams from Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB for its acronym in Catalan), Viladecans Hospital and Southern Metropolitan Primary Care (APMS for its acronym in Catalan) will cooperate for their deployment
A Project Management Office has been created within the Southern Metropolitan Territorial Management (GTMS for its acronym in Catalan) in order to support the clinical teams in the implementation of these innovation projects
The project makes possible an early start of the rehabilitation treatment, aimed at recovering the patient's state prior to admission, as well as at avoiding post-traumatic stress, delirium and pain in both sedated and awake patients
The 64 ICU boxes offer now immersive multisensory experiences, allowing for great possibilities to be used by professionals as a therapy means
The initiative, financed with European funds, is unique in the world.
The impact of this paradigm shift from a closed ICU to an open ICU where, in addition to the vital functions, the patient’s emotional and social aspects are taken care of, will be evaluated
According to the results of the international SELECT2 clinical trial, in which Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB) participated, patients with a large ischemic core - thought to be irreversibly damaged brain tissue - had better functional outcomes when treated within 24 hours with mechanical endovascular thrombectomy.
Ángel Martínez underwent a liver transplant performed by Dr Juli Busquets at Bellvitge University Hospital on 23 March 2021. That day was a "leap of life" for him, an emotion he has captured in a painting now on display in the outpatients foyer. It is exhibited together with other pieces of the painting group 'Por amor al arte', linked to the Olesa de Montserrat’s Public School of Arts and Crafts Foundation.