{"id":23513,"date":"2022-01-11T08:55:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=23513"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:31:43","slug":"el-63-de-la-poblacion-en-mexico-cree-que-la-telemedicina-puede-solucionar-los-problemas-de-cobertura-de-salud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/comunidades-conectadas\/el-63-de-la-poblacion-en-mexico-cree-que-la-telemedicina-puede-solucionar-los-problemas-de-cobertura-de-salud\/","title":{"rendered":"63% of the population in Mexico believe that telemedicine can solve health coverage problems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Center for Public Opinion (COP) of the Technological University of Mexico conducted a study that showed that 63% of those surveyed believe that telemedicine can solve health coverage problems.<\/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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Almost two years after the start of the COVID-19 outbreak and the pandemic, the use of digital technologies to provide health services has increased considerably in public and private health systems. In this sense, the study "Telemedicine: challenges and alternatives of medical practice", was presented by the COP and the Directorate of Health Sciences of UNITEC, which shows the advances of telemedicine and remote medical care in Mexico. in recent times and how is its acceptance among the population.<\/p>

The survey methodology was designed by the COP UNITEC and was applied through an online panel to 736 people between September 9 and 26, 2021. As the study explained, the composition of the panel was designed taking into account the sociodemographic characteristics of the Mexican population such as age, sex, socioeconomic level, entity and occupation.<\/p>

Some of the data that the study showed was that 79% of the respondents think that technological tools allow them to have a medical consultation from anywhere. Likewise, 84% of the respondents think that remote medical consultations will become more and more common.<\/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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Regarding the population's knowledge about tools such as telemedicine, 75% said they had heard of health professionals who provide their services remotely, for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of diseases, using remote communication technologies.<\/p>

Similarly, 74% of those surveyed agreed that Mexico should promote telemedicine. Some of the most identified advantages among those surveyed were the reduction of costs of hospitals and clinics; saving of time to the patient; greater accessibility for doctors, and a more accessible cost for medical 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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In this sense, 63% of the respondents think that telemedicine would solve health coverage problems in the country, and 53% consider that more telemedicine services are needed in the public health system in Mexico.<\/p>

The health emergency accelerated the use of telemedicine in Mexico and more people seem willing to obtain medical consultations from a distance. The study also showed that 88% of people would consider seeking telemedicine services to follow up on their consultations.<\/p>

On the other hand, the presentation of the study was carried out through a virtual conference, which included the participation of the director of Telehealth and head of the General Directorate of the National Center of Technological Excellence of the Ministry of Health, Adri\u00e1n Pacheco L\u00f3pez; and Dr. Indiana Torres Escobar, director of the Faculty of Medicine of the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla.<\/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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UNITEC PUBLIC OPINION<\/strong><\/p>

https:\/\/opinionpublicaunitec.mx\/estudios\/telemedicina-desafios-y-alternativas-de-la-practica-medica\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El Centro de Opini\u00f3n P\u00fablica (COP) de la Universidad Tecnol\u00f3gica de M\u00e9xico, realiz\u00f3 un estudio que mostr\u00f3 que 63% de los encuestados opinan que la telemedicina puede solucionar problemas de la cobertura de salud. Luego de casi dos a\u00f1os del inicio del brote de COVID-19 y la pandemia, el uso de tecnolog\u00edas digitales para prestar servicios de salud se ha incrementado considerablemente en los sistemas de salud p\u00fablicos y privados. En este sentido, el estudio \u201cTelemedicina: desaf\u00edos y alternativas de la pr\u00e1ctica m\u00e9dica\u201d, fue presentado por el COP y la Direcci\u00f3n de Ciencias de la Salud de la UNITEC, el cual muestra los avances de telemedicina y la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica a distancia en M\u00e9xico durante los \u00faltimos tiempos y c\u00f3mo es su aceptaci\u00f3n entre la poblaci\u00f3n. La metodolog\u00eda de la encuesta fue dise\u00f1ada por el COP UNITEC y se aplic\u00f3 a trav\u00e9s de un panel en l\u00ednea a 736 personas entre el 9 y el 26 de septiembre de 2021. Seg\u00fan explic\u00f3 el estudio, la conformaci\u00f3n del panel se dise\u00f1\u00f3 tomando en cuenta las caracter\u00edsticas sociodemogr\u00e1ficas de la poblaci\u00f3n mexicana como edad, sexo, nivel socioecon\u00f3mico, entidad y ocupaci\u00f3n. Algunos de los datos que arroj\u00f3 el estudio fueron que el 79% de los encuestados opina que las herramientas tecnol\u00f3gicas permiten tener una consulta m\u00e9dica desde cualquier lugar. Asimismo, el 84% de los encuestados piensa que las consultas m\u00e9dicas remotas ser\u00e1n cada vez m\u00e1s comunes. En cuanto al conocimiento de la poblaci\u00f3n sobre herramientas como telemedicina, el 75% dijo haber escuchado de profesionales de la salud que prestan su servicio a distancia, para la prevenci\u00f3n diagn\u00f3stico o tratamiento de enfermedades, utilizando tecnolog\u00edas de comunicaci\u00f3n remota. De igual, forma, el 74% de los encuestados coincidieron en que M\u00e9xico debe impulsar la telemedicina. Algunas de las ventajas m\u00e1s identificadas entre los encuestados fueron la reducci\u00f3n de costos de hospitales y cl\u00ednicas; el ahorro del tiempo al paciente; mayor accesibilidad para los m\u00e9dicos, y un costo m\u00e1s accesible para consultas m\u00e9dicas. En este sentido, el 63% de los encuestados piensa que la telemedicina solucionar\u00eda problemas de cobertura de salud en el pa\u00eds, y el 53% considera que hacen falta m\u00e1s servicios de telemedicina en el sistema de salud p\u00fablica en M\u00e9xico. La emergencia sanitaria aceler\u00f3 el uso de la telemedicina en M\u00e9xico y m\u00e1s personas parecen dispuestas a obtener consultas m\u00e9dicas a distancia. El estudio tambi\u00e9n mostr\u00f3 que el 88% de las personas considerar\u00edan buscar servicios de telemedicina para darle seguimiento a sus consultas. Por otro lado, la presentaci\u00f3n del estudio se realiz\u00f3 a trav\u00e9s de una conferencia virtual, que cont\u00f3 con la participaci\u00f3n del director de Telesalud y titular de la Direcci\u00f3n General del Centro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnol\u00f3gica de la Secretar\u00eda de Salud, Adri\u00e1n Pacheco L\u00f3pez; y de la Dra. Indiana Torres Escobar, directora de la Facultad de Medicina de la Benem\u00e9rita Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Puebla. BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA OPINI\u00d3N P\u00daBLICA UNITEC https:\/\/opinionpublicaunitec.mx\/estudios\/telemedicina-desafios-y-alternativas-de-la-practica-medica\/<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,160,3394,3396],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-23513","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\/23513","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=23513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}