{"id":23065,"date":"2021-12-14T10:16:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=23065"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:22:03","slug":"modelo-de-atencion-primaria-por-telemedicina-en-guatemala-lleva-atencion-medica-a-zonas-rurales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/comunidades-conectadas\/modelo-de-atencion-primaria-por-telemedicina-en-guatemala-lleva-atencion-medica-a-zonas-rurales\/","title":{"rendered":"Telemedicine primary care model in Guatemala brings medical care to rural areas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rural communities of Cob\u00e1n in Guatemala, receive primary health care thanks to the implementation of a telemedicine project.<\/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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Rural areas of Guatemala have limited access to health services, either due to lack of personnel or medical infrastructure. In addition, the health emergency that the COVID-19 pandemic has represented since the beginning of 2020 has aggravated the situation in these communities.<\/p>

In Cob\u00e1n, head of the department of Alta Verapaz, it suffered heavy rains in November 2020, which affected health services in the region. However, pediatrician Ricardo Valdez, sent by the Esperanza Community Association, created a telemedicine project to provide primary care to people in rural areas of Cob\u00e1n. They also had the support of Regis University in Colorado, USA.<\/p>

Through the use of software called Medicloud, which facilitates remote medical care, it was possible to receive medical advice from specialists in the United States. \u201cThey can access our medical information in real time and support us,\u201d explained Dr. Valdez.<\/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 project became operational on September 16 this year. The objective, according to Valdez, is to bring medical care to rural areas at no cost or at a minimum cost. In addition, he recognized that telemedicine projects like this one would benefit the health system in Guatemala: "It would be an excellent option for the Ministry of Health, to have it in the health centers and that the doctors from there can attend the convergence centers and health posts where only nursing assistants arrive or even guide them in patient care.\u201d<\/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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Through technology, Valdez and his team have managed to serve more than 1,400 patients. Also, through the use of software, they have created electronic records of more than 200 patients, which can be consulted in the cloud by professionals in the United States and Guatemala. .<\/p>

Thanks to this project, the population of the region has access to teleconsultations, advice on COVID-19, medical follow-up and psychological consultations.<\/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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Comunidades rurales de Cob\u00e1n en Guatemala, reciben atenci\u00f3n primaria en salud gracias a la implementaci\u00f3n de un proyecto de telemedicina. Las zonas rurales de Guatemala, cuentan con un limitado acceso a los servicios de salud, ya sea por falta de personal o de infraestructura m\u00e9dica. Adem\u00e1s, la emergencia sanitaria que ha representado la pandemia por COVID-19, desde principios de 2020 agrav\u00f3 la situaci\u00f3n en estas comunidades. En Cob\u00e1n, cabecera del departamento de Alta Verapaz, sufri\u00f3 fuertes lluvias en noviembre de 2020, lo que afect\u00f3 a los servicios de salud de la regi\u00f3n. No obstante, el pediatra Ricardo Valdez, enviado por la Asociaci\u00f3n Comunidad Esperanza, crearon un proyecto de telemedicina para brindar atenci\u00f3n primaria las personas de zonas rurales de Cob\u00e1n. Asimismo, contaron con el apoyo de Regis University de Colorado, EE.UU. Mediante el uso de un software llamado Medicloud, que facilita la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica remota, fue posible recibir asesor\u00edas m\u00e9dicas de especialistas en Estados Unidos. \u201cEllos pueden tener acceso a nuestra informaci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en tiempo real y apoyarnos\u201d, explic\u00f3 el Dr. Valdez. El proyecto comenz\u00f3 a funcionar el 16 de septiembre de este a\u00f1o. El objetivo seg\u00fan explica Valdez, es llevar atenci\u00f3n sin costo o con costo m\u00ednimo la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica a zonas rurales. Adem\u00e1s, reconoci\u00f3 que proyectos de telemedicina como este, beneficiar\u00eda al sistema de salud en Guatemala: \u201cSer\u00eda una excelente opci\u00f3n para el Ministerio de Salud, tenerlo en los centros de salud y que los m\u00e9dicos desde ese lugar puedan atender en los centros de convergencia y puestos de salud a donde solo llegan auxiliares de enfermer\u00eda o incluso guiarlos en la atenci\u00f3n a los pacientes\u201d. Mediante la tecnolog\u00eda Valdez y su equipo han logrado atender a m\u00e1s de mil 400 pacientes, tambi\u00e9n mediante el uso del software han creado expedientes electr\u00f3nicos de m\u00e1s de 200 pacientes, los cuales pueden ser consultado en la nube por los profesionales en Estados Unidos y en Guatemala. Gracias a este proyecto la poblaci\u00f3n de la regi\u00f3n ha accedido a teleconsultas, asesor\u00edas sobre COVID-19, seguimiento m\u00e9dico y consultas psicol\u00f3gicas. BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA PRENSA LIBRE https:\/\/www.prensalibre.com\/guatemala\/comunitario\/atencion-primaria-en-salud-llega-a-rincones-de-coban-a-traves-de-la-telemedicina\/<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,160,3394,3396],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-23065","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\/23065","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=23065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}