The National Telemedicine Center (CENATE of EsSalud) has the capacity to carry out at least 100,000 virtual consultations per month, however, in June of this year almost 160,000 remote visits were registered.
The National Center for Telemedicine of EsSalud in Peru, was inaugurated in October 2020 and has already carried out a total of one million 800 thousand remote services. In the nine months of operation, teleconsultations have been carried out in more than 20 medical specialties, addressed to different regions and departments of the country.
Dr. Sergio Machado, director of CENATE explained that "The growing implementation of the telemedicine service in Social Security has made it possible to diagnose, treat and monitor more than one million policyholders, from Lima to the entire country."
He also highlighted the importance of having a virtual care system during the pandemic, which has allowed EsSalud to offer timely service to its policyholders even from a distance. Even among the CENATE services is the virtual monitoring of patients who have overcome COVID-19 who receive physical and pulmonary rehabilitation therapies such as breathing and resistance exercises.
Similarly, specialists in psychology, provide support to patients and families, for the recovery of emotional health.
However, one of the most used services is Teleradiology, through which X-ray readings, CT scans, mammograms, among others, are performed daily for the timely diagnosis of diseases. Since the opening of CENATE, they have carried out more than 148,000 image readings of patients in regions such as Piura, Ica, Ancash, among others.
“The implementation of the telemedicine service not only generates access to specialized services from remote regions, but also guarantees timely care and prevents the patient from going to a closer health facility or traveling in these times of pandemic. to Lima to treat some illness”, explained the director of CENATE.
