Economic Assessment and Budgetary Impact of a Telemedicine Procedure and Spirometry Quality Control in the Primary Care Setting.

Objective: To evaluate the economic impact of a telemedicine procedure designed to improve the quality of lung function testing (LFT) in primary care in a public healthcare system, compared with the standard method.

Materials And Methods: The economic impact of 9,039 LFTs performed in 51 health centers (2010-2013) using telespirometry (TS) compared to standard spirometry (SS) was studied.

Results: TS costs more per unit than SS (€47.

[Identification and early nutritional support in hospitalized malnourished patients].

Introduction: The prevalence of hyponutrition in hospitalized patients in our setting is 53%. The therapeutic approach is controversial.

Objectives: To determine whether an early nutritional intervention in hospitalized patients by means of oral nutritional support can improve their prognosis regarding decreased morbimortality and hospital stay.