The Secretary of Health Equity announced that Impulsa, the federal program of Digital Health, will add the National Hospital of Clinics of Cordoba to the program. In addition, they informed that they will work on the adoption of tools to standardize health information.
Impulsa, is the Federal Program of Telemedicine, launched in November 2020 in Argentina with the objective of "reducing the technological gaps between jurisdictions, improving the management of health services, optimizing processes and competencies, empowering the population in the access to information and integrating the subsystems of public and private health".
Currently, the National Ministry of Health is implementing the new digital health agenda. In response, Martín Sabignoso, Secretary of Health Equity, met with directors of the National Hospital of Clinics in Córdoba to achieve their incorporation into Impulsa.
The hospital will adopt the tools of the Digital Health strategy, by implementing technological and digital tools at different levels of care in addition to adhering to the standards that the Ministry of Health has planned for health information.
"Impulsa is part of the transformation of the system through the incorporation of information and communication tools that will allow us to provide services in a more accessible and personalized manner, with greater quality and efficiency," explained Sabignoso. In addition, he emphasized that the program allows the use of different digital tools such as digital medical records, electronic prescriptions, in addition to remote consultations, which will lead to the strengthening of connectivity in public health services that are part of the strategy.
As part of this program, the National Hospital of Clinics of Cordoba and also the University Hospital of Maternity of Neonatology of the National University of Cordoba (UNC), will be part of the Federal Network of Providers of the SUMAR Program and the Federal Network of Telehealth. This is thanks to an agreement reached in 2020.
