The Peruvian Ministry of Health (Minsa) provided new equipment to health units to strengthen telemedicine services in Lima.
Telehealth services in Peru have increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing and expanding access to health services to remote communities. For them, the Directorate of Integrated Health Networks (Diris) in the North Lima section, in charge of offering and managing telemedicine services in that region, received 45 new telemedicine equipment from Minsa.
In addition to the aforementioned equipment, the Minsa delivered 40 computers to improve the management of the Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS) and the digitization processes, as well as around 100 equipment to strengthen pharmacy services.
“We have to humanize technology, put it in favor of our patients. The policy of our minister is to move forward and put the patient at the center of the health system. All actions in the medium or short term are to be able to provide timely and quality care”, explained the Deputy Minister of Benefits and Health Insurance, Juan Carlos Delgado.
Likewise, Delgado recognized the importance of digital transformation in health services, since they favor the timely care of patients.
The delivery of the equipment responds to the Telehealth Plan in the Integrated Health Networks, which aims to guarantee medical care for more than 3 million inhabitants in North Lima, specifically in first-level health services.
"The purpose is to improve the quality of face-to-face care and through telemedicine, in order to provide health services in a timely manner to our patients and users," explained the director of Diris Lima Norte, Hernán Navarro Caycho.
