Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz

HUFJD forms part of the 4-hospital Madrid public network of the QS group, which enables the hospital to carry out networked initiatives. This networked hospitals approach is characterized by a single CEO and shared features among all 4 health centres, including a sole care model, a single health research institute, Patient Portal, medical staff...

HUFJD forms part of the 4-hospital Madrid public network of the QS group, which enables the hospital to carry out networked initiatives. This networked hospitals approach is characterized by a single CEO and shared features among all 4 health centres, including a sole care model, a single health research institute, Patient Portal, medical staff who travel between the 4 hospitals and inter-center clinical advisers, etc. in order to design common care processes. Also, inter-hospital committees have been established to define common approaches; these committees share clinical information and results through a corporate BI tool.

Casiopea is our comprehensive medical-records system for all care processes. Facilitates network-based care and allows for information to be accessible wherever care is delivered.
Infrastructure Consolidation. Ensures uninterrupted & security services provided by the different information systems.
Process Improvement. Process...

Casiopea is our comprehensive medical-records system for all care processes. Facilitates network-based care and allows for information to be accessible wherever care is delivered.
Infrastructure Consolidation. Ensures uninterrupted & security services provided by the different information systems.
Process Improvement. Process map and re-engineering of these processes, seeking effectiveness and efficiency.
Innovation projects based on mobility solutions. Porter app, nursing app, image-capture app, transfusion registry app, cytotoxic drug-administration app, cleaning app, etc.
Innovation projects based on clinical decision support (CDS) systems. Clinical pathways, Big Data, automation, tele-monitoring, request management, etc.
Business Intelligence (BI). Comprehensive balanced scorecard for management and decision-making.
Projects based on video-conferencing systems. Tele-stroke service in partnership with centers in Ceuta & Melilla, training & clinical sessions within the hospital & alongside other hospitals, sessions with the primary-care system, video-consultation with patients through the Portal, etc.
Patient Portal, Portal for primary-care professionals & for Elderly Residences, Remote services, e-consultations, driving the transformation of the provider-patient model and the health-care model. (Digital transformation)
Aula Jiménez Díaz. Online education portal for students of the UAM Medical School, residents, primary-care physicians, and our own staff.

Joint committee with the main interlocutors from the social and care-related realms, under the leadership of primary care and continuity of care, and with support from corporate-level directors. The primary aims of this committee are to ensure comprehensive & integrated care to cover all the medical and social needs of people residing in the...

Joint committee with the main interlocutors from the social and care-related realms, under the leadership of primary care and continuity of care, and with support from corporate-level directors. The primary aims of this committee are to ensure comprehensive & integrated care to cover all the medical and social needs of people residing in the referral area. Special emphasis is placed on segments of the population with special needs, people who are dependent on others, and people living in elderly residences.
Proper case management, from detection of needs for improvement of processes, services, and resources in primary care, in-hospital care, municipal social services, and residences for the elderly.

Driving innovation is fundamental for the HUFJD, both in the realms of care as well as teaching and research. An Innovation space has been set up to channel proposals for evaluation by a committee. IIS-HUFJD has specific staff working on innovation. In addition, all staff can speak with their respective care directors to make proposals for...

Driving innovation is fundamental for the HUFJD, both in the realms of care as well as teaching and research. An Innovation space has been set up to channel proposals for evaluation by a committee. IIS-HUFJD has specific staff working on innovation. In addition, all staff can speak with their respective care directors to make proposals for innovation.
Staff and directors attend local, national, and international meetings to identify best practices and implement these in the hospital.

Instituted in 2017 to provide a space where patients, family members, area residents, and members of associations can have representation. HUFJD advisory body for citizen participation, bringing the patient’s voice to institutional decisions and targets.
The aim of this council is to further improve relations between the hospital and...

Instituted in 2017 to provide a space where patients, family members, area residents, and members of associations can have representation. HUFJD advisory body for citizen participation, bringing the patient’s voice to institutional decisions and targets.
The aim of this council is to further improve relations between the hospital and patients and their families, acting as a means of improving care-service quality, driving participation, and fostering joint creation of circuits and processes and facilitating information of interest to patients and their families.


Patient Portal
Making patients active, responsible participants in monitoring their own health and involving them in decision-making processes. As owners of their health records, patients are able to have all their clinical documentation available to them in real time through the Patient Portal.

HUFJD has its own research institute, whose primary aim is to provide a multidisciplinary space for scientific management and interdisciplinary research that seeks to address the health problems faced by the Spanish national health system and improve citizens’ quality of life. Objectively high levels and quality and excellence are the standard,...

HUFJD has its own research institute, whose primary aim is to provide a multidisciplinary space for scientific management and interdisciplinary research that seeks to address the health problems faced by the Spanish national health system and improve citizens’ quality of life. Objectively high levels and quality and excellence are the standard, and the institute strives to become a standard-bearer on the domestic and international level. The institute also looks to transmit the knowledge acquired through research so as to properly train students of biomedicine at the undergraduate, graduate, and specialist stages, doing so in coordination with the university and with the relevant educational authorities. Research is published in high-impact scientific articles containing expertise that is transferable to clinical practice, such as care guides and clinical recommendations. Also, researchers work to produce applicable innovations.