{"id":22471,"date":"2021-11-04T09:15:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=22471"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:31:19","slug":"consideraciones-regulatorias-para-la-atencion-medica-a-distancia-en-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/comunidades-conectadas\/consideraciones-regulatorias-para-la-atencion-medica-a-distancia-en-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory considerations for telehealth care in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National Center for Technological Excellence in Health (CENETEC), presented a document on the considerations for remote medical care in public and private medical units in Mexico.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Remote medical care supported by digital technologies allows continuity of medical services to remote communities, or during health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>

The General Health Law in its Article 32, defines medical care as the set of services that are provided to the person, in order to protect, promote and restore their health. And on the other hand, Article 7, talks about the promotion of the incorporation, use and exploitation of Information Technologies in Health Services.<\/p>

In Mexico, remote medical care is allowed, however, there is currently no specific regulation for the implementation and development of telemedicine. For this reason, it is important to promote a regulatory framework focused on digital technologies for medical care.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cThe specific regulation for remote consultation must include beyond the review of actions directly related to health care and decisions. The use of digital technologies leads us to incorporate actions for the correct management of the information of the beneficiaries, improvements in the digital skills of health personnel and greater review of confidentiality and privacy issues\u201d, explains the CENETEC document.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The document presents some of the main concepts for remote medical care: Remote triage, remote consultation (first or subsequent time), remote medical advice, interconsultation, remote follow-up, remote monitoring, remote diagnostic interpretation, transfer of distance visit and mentoring.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Other aspects that the document explains is the need to provide security and safeguard sensitive patient data, specifically through the privacy notice. The National Institute for Access to Information has a web platform that generates privacy notices for the public and private sectors: https:\/\/generador-avisos-privacidad.inai.org.mx\/<\/a><\/p>

Another important aspect is the informed consent of patients, in which they accept a medical procedure for diagnostic, therapeutic and research purposes, among others.<\/p>

The document also shows specific recommendations for remote consultation or consultation. For example, technical recommendations on hardware and software; advice on cybersecurity and safe Internet browsing; basic protocols on consultation, among others.<\/p>

Similarly, the document presents recommendations for health establishments in the provision of remote medical services: have a privacy notice, accredited medical professional, devices endorsed by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS), informed consent, have with a specific physical space in the medical center, without external actors, without noise, etc.<\/p>

You can read the full document at the following link: https:\/\/cenetec-difusion.com\/observatoriotelesalud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Consideraciones-Regulatorias_02.pdf<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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CENETEC<\/strong><\/p>

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El Centro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnol\u00f3gica en Salud (CENETEC), present\u00f3 un documento sobre las consideraciones para la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica a distancia en unidades m\u00e9dicas p\u00fablicas y privadas en M\u00e9xico. La atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica a distancia apoyada por las tecnolog\u00edas digitales permite dar continuidad a los servicios m\u00e9dicos a comunidades remotas, o durante emergencias sanitarias como ha sucedido con la pandemia por COVID-19. La Ley General de Salud en su Art\u00edculo 32, define la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica como el conjunto de servicios que se proporcionan a la persona, con el fin de proteger, promover y restaurar su salud. Y por otra parte el Art\u00edculo 7, habla sobre la promoci\u00f3n de la incorporaci\u00f3n, uso y aprovechamiento de las Tecnolog\u00edas de la Informaci\u00f3n en los Servicios de Salud. En M\u00e9xico est\u00e1 permitida la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica a distancia, sin embargo, actualmente no existe una regulaci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica para la implementaci\u00f3n y desarrollo de la telemedicina. Por ello es importante promover un marco regulatorio enfocado en tecnolog\u00edas digitales para la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica. \u201cLa regulaci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica para la consulta a distancia debe incluir m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la revisi\u00f3n de acciones directamente relacionadas con el cuidado y decisiones de la salud. El uso de tecnolog\u00edas digitales nos lleva a incorporar acciones para el manejo correcto de la informaci\u00f3n de las personas beneficiarias, mejoras en las habilidades digitales del personal de salud y mayor revisi\u00f3n en temas de confidencialidad y privacidad\u201d, explica el documento del CENETEC. El documento presenta algunos de los conceptos principales para la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica a distancia: Triage a distancia, consulta a distancia (primera vez o subsecuente), asesor\u00eda m\u00e9dica a distancia, interconsulta, seguimiento a distancia, monitoreo a distancia, interpretaci\u00f3n diagn\u00f3stica remota, pase de visita y mentor\u00eda a distancia.   Otros aspectos que explica el documento es la necesidad de brindar seguridad y resguardo a los datos sensibles del paciente, espec\u00edficamente a trav\u00e9s del aviso de privacidad. El Instituto Nacional de Acceso a la Informaci\u00f3n cuenta con una plataforma web que genera avisos de privacidad para el sector p\u00fablico y privado: https:\/\/generador-avisos-privacidad.inai.org.mx\/ Otro aspecto importante, es el consentimiento informado a los pacientes, en el cual acepta un procedimiento m\u00e9dico con fines diagn\u00f3sticos, terap\u00e9uticos, de investigaci\u00f3n, entre otros. El documento tambi\u00e9n muestra recomendaciones espec\u00edficas para la consulta a distancia o consulta. Por ejemplo, recomendaciones t\u00e9cnicas sobre el hardware y software; consejos sobre ciberseguridad y navegaci\u00f3n segura en Internet; protocolos b\u00e1sicos sobre la consulta, entre otras. De igual forma el documento presenta recomendaciones para establecimiento de salud en la prestaci\u00f3n de servicios m\u00e9dicos a distancia: contar con aviso de privacidad, profesional m\u00e9dico acreditado, dispositivos avalados por la Comisi\u00f3n Federal para la Protecci\u00f3n contra Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS), consentimiento informado, contar con un espacio f\u00edsico especifico en el centro m\u00e9dico, sin actores externos la consulta, sin ruido, etc. Puedes leer el documento completo en el siguiente enlace: https:\/\/cenetec-difusion.com\/observatoriotelesalud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Consideraciones-Regulatorias_02.pdf BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA CENETEC https:\/\/cenetec-difusion.com\/observatoriotelesalud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Consideraciones-Regulatorias_02.pdf<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,160,3394,3396],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-22471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunidades-conectadas","category-noticias","category-redes-sociales","category-uso-de-plataformas-digitales","tag-noticias"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}