Medscape March 20, 2024
Elena Castro, MD

The Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians (SEMERGEN), in collaboration with PulseLife, has launched a free application for healthcare professionals that detects the level of suicide risk in patients, based on clinical guidelines.

In 2022, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, 4277 Spaniards took their own lives, making suicide the leading external cause of death. Meanwhile, a survey conducted among healthcare professionals by SEMERGEN, and PulseLife indicated that 65% of doctors claim not to have the necessary knowledge to identify suicide risk in their patients. Primary care physicians unanimously demanded a clinical tool to assist them.

With the aim of meeting this need, inApp has been created within the PulseLife platform, which can be used on mobile...

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