Introduction
El continuo envejecimiento de la población y la cronificación de las enfermedades, han facilitado la aparición de un nuevo perfil del paciente, el Paciente Crónico Frágil.Este paciente, se caracteriza por presentar, entre otros, pluripatología, polimedicación, deterioro funcional, diferentes grados y tipos de dependencia, cronificación de enfermedades y síndromes geriátricos.
En los últimos tiempos, el interés por este tipo de pacientes está en aumento, apareciendo la necesidad de reorientar el proceso asistencial para centrarlo en el paciente y no únicamente en el proceso agudo, de modo que se pueda realizar un abordaje integral en el que el farmacéutico desempeñe un papel fundamental dentro del equipo multidisciplinar de atención al paciente, garantizando además la continuidad del proceso durante la transición asistencial.
El reto de participar en el desarrollo de modelos eficientes y desarrollar estrategias para afrontar cronicidad, comorbilidad y fragilidad es clave para el desarrollo futuro de nuestra profesión, respondiendo así a las novedades de nuestra sociedad. Con este nuevo enfoque se presenta el Grupo CRONOS®.
Nuestra misión, visión y valores son los siguientes:
Misión: El Grupo CRONOS tiene el objetivo de facilitar la labor del farmacéutico especialista en el abordaje del paciente crónico complejo, en cualquiera de los posibles ámbitos asistenciales y desde una visión transversal e integradora, a través de actividades de investigación, formación y comunicación, para así conseguir mejorar los resultados en salud de los medicamentos sobre los pacientes crónicos complejos.
Visión: Ser considerados un elemento de liderazgo asistencial, docente y en investigación al servicio de la población en su conjunto y de las personas con enfermedades crónicas en particular.
Valores: innovación y creatividad, independencia, transparencia, flexibilidad
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Workgroup operating guidelines
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The present Regulations have been prepared in accordance with SEFH’s workgroup regulations. The purpose is to specify the Cronos workgroup goals, its internal work procedures, its membership and renewal rules as well as the communication channels between workgroup members.
The CRONOS® Workgroup shall be open to any SEFH member interested in joining it. To join the workgroup, applicants must send an email with their personal and professional to
The workgroup’s steering committee shall be made up by a maximum of 10 members and must include a chair and a secretary. Its member base shall comprise as many SEFH members as have applied for membership.
The CRONOS® Workgroup is open to the participation of any SEFH member who may be interested. This requires the establishment of simple communication channels between members and the steering committee, which ensure that all individual initiatives may be taken into consideration.
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Mission
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Facilitate the work of hospital pharmacists with respect to approaching frail chronic patients in an integrated manner across all the different healthcare settings.
- Improve communication among the professionals who take care of these patients through a fit-for-purpose website, work meetings, training sessions and other activities of interest.
- Develop common organization and research projects related to frail chronic patients.
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Last News
The relentless aging of the population and the chronification of many diseases have resulted in the emergence of a new kind of patient, the Frail Chronic Patient. These patients are characterized by presenting, among others, with multiple conditions, polypharmacy, functional impairment, dependence of different types and at different levels, chronification of disease and geriatric syndromes.
The last few years have seen an increased interest in this kind of patients, which has led to the need to reorient the clinical process to focus it more on the patient and not so much on the acute disease process they suffer. This should allow a comprehensive approach to patients where pharmacists play a key role as part of the multidisciplinary care team, ensuring continuity of care throughout the patient’s treatment journey.
The challenge of participating in the development of effective models and developing strategies to cope with chronicity, comorbidities and frailty is key for the future development of our profession, which should respond to the changing needs of society. The Cronos workgroup® was created to rise to this challenge.
The workgroup’s mission, vision and values are as follows:
- Mission: The CRONOS Workgroup seeks to facilitate the work of hospital pharmacists when approaching complex chronic patients across different clinical settings and adopting a cross-sectional and integrative perspective. The workgroup shall conduct different research, training and communication activities intended to improve the health outcomes achieved by medicines on complex chronic patients.
- Vision: The Cronos workgroup shall gear its efforts to ensuring that hospital pharmacists are recognized for their clinical, educational and investigational leadership, which should be placed at the service of the general population and, particularly, of persons suffering from chronic diseases.
- Values: innovation and creativity, independence, transparency, flexibility
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