The Ministry of Health of Argentina trained doctors and health specialists through videoconferences to keep them updated on issues related to diagnosis and treatment of diseases and the use of telemedicine, a field that encompasses the concept of Telehealth.
The Argentine Ministry of Health held a series of video conferences to support the training for health professionals in the use of telemedicine, which generates diagnostics and treatments through images.
The events took place during the month of August, 2019 and were organized by the Directorate of Computer Science and Social Communication. These included spinal care topics, organ and tissue collection processes for transplant treatment, respiratory medicine, pneumology, and cardiology.
The trainings are part of the National Telehealth Plan 2018-2024, which aims to implement public policies that allow distance care of the patient and second opinions by different specialists and they have access to the same historical patient information generated by digital services in any health center in which they are located; improving accessibility, avoiding transfers and compensating for regional differences in specialties and resources.
This project improves the National Digital Health Strategy which, since its approval in 2018, insists on improving access to the health system and increasing its quality by innovating processes and using new methods such as online shifts, remote care, as well as electronic prescribing.
Through ICT and the different platforms such as software and technologies applied to Digital Health, telemedicine is intended to improve the national health system and solve problems presented by patients due to the long distance between them and the health facilities. It will no longer be necessary to spend on transfers and users will be able to receive the appropriate treatments regardless of their location.
The Hospital of High Complexity in Network El Cruce participated in the conferences. It was presented within the Situation Room and Video-conference Room of the Ministry of Health.
Read the Telehealth National Plan here:
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/anexo_plan_nacional_de_telesalud_def.pdf
