78% of work absenteeism comes from a loss of health

The data on work absenteeism in Spain is very worrying. And health has a lot to do with the high number of hours lost, so this Friday we wanted to know a little more about the causes of a problem that affects employees in terms of their general condition, but also companies. .

But first we visited the XII Meeting of Managers of the ophthalmological sector together with its organizers: Miguel Alamillogeneral director of Rementeria Clinic; and Jaime MartinezDirector of Operations at Miranza Group.

Miguel Alamillo explained that the objective of this day was «exchange knowledge in a much more direct way» not only with sector specialists, but also with experts in other topics such as Human Resources. As Francisco García Cabellowho participated in a debate table on talent management and retention.

And Alamillo himself recognized that in ophthalmology currently “without a doubt what is most worrying is people management«: «The people management part is essential because our business or our activity is fundamentally based on people. “We cannot do anything without people.”

Jaime Martínez delved into the topic, commenting on the lack of qualified nursing personnel and the need for «training programs or career plans» to try to attract and retain talent.

Returning to the purpose of the meeting of ophthalmological managers, which this year is titled «Sharing vision» and has the participation of 25 clinics, the Director of Operations of Miranza has highlighted that «We have common objectives and we have common needs. And hence promoting this type of days to share our daily vicissitudes.

Regarding the rest of the contents of the day, Alamillo pointed to theto regulatory issues, decision making or Artificial Intelligence. Important issues for a future that passes, as he has said, for «have a human team who knows how to treat the patient well, have equipment that can provide good diagnostic support to the doctor, have good doctors “that they can not only know how to treat the patient, but also diagnose well.” And in which new technologies «they are going to help us work more with data and eliminate the display of screens more, perhaps, and give more attention to the person«he added.

A vision shared by Martínez, who demands the capacity “of optimize all Artificial Intelligence processes and algorithms so that our doctors ultimately have much more time to dedicate to patients. And, he added, «We live in a stage of immediacy. The patient no longer wants to wait, he wants you to be able to schedule him as soon as possible, he wants a diagnosis as quickly as possible.

Absenteeism from work and Health

This week the first breakfast with businessmen was held in Madrid “Q-ready dialogues. A meeting on the current state of data work absenteeism in Spain and where the tools that Q-ready offers to companies to help manage this problem were also presented.

Franciscos García Cabello has chatted with Luis Iglesiasdirector of the Absenteeism Management Area at Chironprevention, about the causes of this problem that is closely linked to people’s health. Thus, the expert provided a worrying piece of information: 78% of the hours lost due to work absenteeism in Spain are motivated by a loss of health. A situation that affects “suffering of the working population” already “the loss of competitiveness that our companies have”.

Iglesias has broken down a little more some figures that indicate that «dFrom 2021 to 2022, the number of temporary disability processes grew by more than 28% “At the end of the third quarter of 23, compared to the corresponding year-on-year, it was growing more than 12%,” with an economic impact of 25,000 million. In addition to the fact that the increase in cases is accompanied by a growth in “the duration of the processes.”

To try to stop the increase in absenteeism, there are different strategies; the specialist has proposed the creation of “an observatory of common contingencies” that “It would provide us, just as they do in the case of professional contingencies, a clear reflection of reality.” Other measures would be «increasing the interaction of Primary Care, which is normally the health level where this sick leave occurs» either «agility in bureaucratic processes of the communication system itself.

While from the company side it is in favor of implementing “an absenteeism management plan” destined to obtain “metrics that allow us to see where we are starting from, what opportunities for improvement we have, what solutions we provide and where we want to go.”

Refering to mental health, Iglesias has pointed out that «It is the second cause that contributes the most days off to absenteeism for health reasons” after musculoskeletal disorders. A pathology that also “has a high incidence in specific sectors” and “a high recidivism.” Apart from there being “a stigmatization of temporary disability due to mental health problems.”

Health news

To close the program we were joined by Antonio Burgueño and his analysis of current health policy. The director of the Venturi Project has commented on the risk of lack of doctors during the summer months, a topic that will be addressed at the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System on June 5. In his opinion, it is ““a tremendously serious problem.”

He has also given his opinion on the report of the Extraordinary Chair of Sustainable and Responsible Health at the UCMin which he collaborates ASPEfrom which it is concluded that there is no scientific evidence that links the increase in avoidable mortality with public-private hospital collaboration. “If you remove collaboration, then you have a serious problem,” has stressed, while pointing out that this type of research “It’s okay, giving more data is very good to be able to go deeper into it and have information and make decisions.”

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