Leaders from Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Health Ministers of Northeast Argentina (NOA) met to present their progress in the use of multiple tools and aspects of the new digital solutions for health.
During the Conference, a wide debate and sharing of work experiences in communities was established with the aim of generating a space for study and reflection on the current and future of Integrated Health Services Networks (RISS) in the NOA region.
The forum was chaired by the Deputy Governor of the Argentine province of Santiago del Estero, José Emilio Neder; the Minister of Health of Santiago del Estero, Natividad Nassif; the national coordinator of the Networks Program of the Ministry of Health Government, Eric Goyos and provincial authorities.
The purpose of discussing and sharing experiences on communities connected in health services was to generate a study and reflection on the current and future of the RISS. This event took place at the Forum convention and exhibition center.
The future objective is to generate, at a regional level, a collaborative community of and for local managers of health services whose members learn from the information and experience that they can share among themselves in a proactively coordinated structure.
The idea of achieving this integrated strategy aims to generate the context necessary for all people to have medical care that guarantees quality standards regardless of physical location and/or socioeconomic status. It’s important to provide free access to comprehensive, adequate, timely and quality services close to your home.
Mexico as a reference in the Latin American region, is not far behind in the implementation of digital strategies in the health sector, since the Ministry of Health of Mexico has established the formation of health service networks as a central axis of its Model of Primary Care.
Both the efforts in South America and the one in Mexico show a continental attention to the use of technology as a vehicle to give equality to all the people of the different countries of Latin America in health issues. In the coming years, we’ll begin to see the fruits of these national strategies that seek a better human quality for the total population.
