In February 2020, a Digital Unit was inaugurated at the Comprehensive Care Center for Essential Health Services (CAISES) 10 de Mayo in León, Guanajuato, focused on offering preventive and follow-up services to patients in a timely manner.
The Digital Unit of CAISES 10 de Mayo had an investment of more than 36 million pesos, with the aim of benefiting and expanding access to health to more than 55,000 people in towns belonging to jurisdiction 7 of Guanajuato. Carlos Slim Foundation participated in the development of this project and in the implementation of digital platforms.
The Digital Health Unit incorporates the Integrated Measurement for Timely Detection (MIDO) platform, developed by the Carlos Slim Foundation. Its objective is to systematically and comprehensively assess the risk of patients developing chronic diseases. MIDO focuses on the timely detection of five specific conditions such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol and kidney disease. Likewise, the Digital Unit keeps track of the patient's life from pregnancy and childhood to adulthood.
In addition, through the MIDO trolleys, it is possible to verify a family history of illness, current health status, obtain weight, circumference sizes, blood pressure and glucose levels. By entering the data into the digital platform, it is possible to show patients what the next steps are for disease prevention and their current risks.
“Being digital makes it much easier for us since it allows us to monitor the people who come to the consultation and who do not come to the consultation and then they are enough to monitor, for example, chronic degenerative diseases, hypertension, diabetes, how are your controls you are not doing what you have to do it is different that someone is there saying what you have to do”, explained Dr. Miriam Huaste, director of CAISES 10 de Mayo.
These types of tools facilitate patient follow-up, in addition to avoiding long lines to receive medical attention that requires just a few minutes to perform a preventive check-up or diagnose chronic diseases. In that sense, electronic appointments have also made it easier for patients to return for appointments eventually.
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