Barcelona Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Begoña Nafría Escalera is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in patient engagement and coordination within the healthcare and research sectors. Currently serving as the Coordinator of eYPAGnet at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona since January 2015, Begoña leads initiatives to empower young patients through European advisory networks. As Patient Engagement in Research Coordinator, responsibilities include managing the "Rare Commons" platform to enhance research in rare diseases. In addition to serving as a Patient Expert Reviewer for the Research Involvement and Engagement Journal since July 2017, Begoña has held various roles in project management and social network consulting at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya from June 2010, contributing to online education and community engagement for health-related projects. Begoña's educational background includes a PhD in Medicine and numerous qualifications in clinical trials, eHealth, and project management, reflecting a strong commitment to advancing patient participation in healthcare research.
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Barcelona Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona) is a teaching hospital specializing in the fields of pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics. It is located in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It is a privately owned center, concerted by the Catalan Public Health Service, which belongs to the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, religious organization that manages more than 300 health centers over the world. In 2022, the center has 333 beds and 15 operating rooms. It employs more than 2.800 professionals and attends 3.069 births, 17.184 hospitalizations, 5.210 major ambulatory surgery, and 15.329 surgeries are performed. Hospital Sant Joan de Deu is the largest children's hospital in Spain, one of the top5 in Europe, along with Great Ormond Street (London), Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades (Paris) and Ospedale Meyer (Florence), and the reference point in Health 2.0 in Spain. Since 2009 the hospital is associated with the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), a prestigious organization of children's hospitals working to promote health and access to health care for children, and has over 200 members in the United States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Mexico and Puerto Rico.