Organization
According to Article 19 of the Internal Regulations of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (2024), the Medical Management is responsible for guaranteeing the professional development of the Hospital’s medical staff in healthcare, teaching, research, and innovation activities. In coordination with the Healthcare Management and Nursing Management, it is responsible for ensuring the quality of care and guaranteeing that the clinical practice meets the highest standards of excellence and complies with the established ethical principles.
The Medical Management’s functions are as follows:
a) To guarantee the professional development of the Hospital’s medical staff in areas of care, teaching, research and innovation, as well as to attract and retain talent in the medical profession. The Teaching Management and Research and Innovation Management are responsible for the development of these functions.
b) To ensure, in coordination with the Nursing Management and the Healthcare Management, the highest quality of care activity, striving to achieve levels of excellence, and in accordance with the established ethical principles.
c) To direct, in coordination with the Nursing Management, crosscutting care resources and services, establishing the necessary coordination within the Hospital’s Institutes and Centres. Mores specifically, the following areas report to the Medical Management: the A&E Area, the Surgical Area and the Medicines Area. Also reporting directly to the Medical Management are the Transplant Donation and Coordination and the Patient Experience sections. Together with the Nursing Management, the Medical Management is also directly responsible for the crosscutting Hospital at Home (HaH) unit.
d) To lead the deployment and consolidation of the Units, Work Groups and Clinical Programmes, in a crosscutting manner and in coordination with the Hospital's Institutes, Centres and Areas, as well as leading various committees and commissions in the clinical area of the Hospital.
The Medical Management is, therefore, responsible for the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona’s medical staff but, as Chair of the Medical Board, it is also accountable to the medical staff for publicizing the activities carried out and encouraging their participation in decision-making. The Medical Management aims to be a facilitator of the activities carried out by the Institutes/Centres/Areas/Units, Work Groups and Programmes, favouring transversality and cohesion among them, acting in line with the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona’s Strategic Plan and promoting the common values of trust, gratitude and generosity.
In addition, the Medical Director has several committees, technical committees and commissions, which are chaired by the Medical Director himself or who act by his delegation:
- Healthcare Ethics Committee
- Research Ethics Committee
- Sabbatical Leave Committee
- Plus Dedication and Special Dedication Committee
- Residency and Research Grants Awards Committee
- Promotion Committee
- Selection Committee
- Cancer Technical Committee
- Technical Committee of Advanced Therapies
- Pharmacy and Therapeutics Commission
- Commission to Guarantee Quality Control in Radiotherapy
- Infections Commission
- Mortality Commission
- Commission of Organs
- Information Systems Commission - Clinical Histories
- Tissue Commission
- Transfusion Commission
- Gender violence and health commission
Committee of Medical Delegates
The Medical Directora has the advice of the Committee of Medical Delegates. It is a representative body of the doctors of the Hospital's medical staff whose mission is to advise the Medical Director on all issues that affect the professional activity of these doctors, to be the tool for participation in the management bodies and management of the Hospital, and to defend the professional interests of its members.