{"id":25668,"date":"2022-05-17T08:01:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T13:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=25668"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:57:04","slug":"con-apoyo-de-la-ops-guatemala-inicia-estrategia-de-teleconsultas-en-zonas-rurales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/comunidades-conectadas\/con-apoyo-de-la-ops-guatemala-inicia-estrategia-de-teleconsultas-en-zonas-rurales\/","title":{"rendered":"With support from PAHO, Guatemala begins teleconsultation strategy in rural areas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Guatemalan government will promote telemedicine in rural areas of the department of San Marcos to avoid patient transfers.<\/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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The San Marcos Health Area Directorate and the Regional Hospital announced the implementation of the Telemedicine Standard Operating Procedure, which aims to coordinate telemedicine and telehealth actions in the region. Likewise, it is aligned with the National Digital Health Strategy in Guatemala 2022-2032.<\/p>

The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance has implemented this initiative through the Digital Health Unit of the General Directorate of the Comprehensive Health Care System (SIAS), and thanks to the technical and financial support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). .<\/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 consists of the Internet connection between permanent care centers in Comitancillo and Concepci\u00f3n Tutuapa, with the Tejutla Maternal and Child Care Center, which is interconnected with the San Marcos Regional Hospital. In this sense, through telemedicine modules directed by health personnel, rural populations will be able to access teleconsultations with specialists from their locality and without the need to travel long distances to the capital of San Marcos.<\/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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\u201cTelemedicine is a resource that we have at hand and that allows us to save lives. In the short term, it will become more efficient and effective, so that the population can have universal access to health\u201d, explained Dr. \u00c1ngel Longo, director of the San Marcos Hospital.<\/p>

Likewise, the director of the San Marcos Health Area, Juan Pablo Vel\u00e1squez, explained that telemedicine is a modality that, thanks to technology, can reduce maternal mortality and malnutrition rates, and also strengthen health levels at various levels. . "We are all really committed to benefiting our users by guaranteeing the right to health," he commented.<\/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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GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA<\/strong><\/p>

https:\/\/prensa.gob.gt\/comunicado\/san-marcos-avanza-hacia-la-atencion-en-servicios-de-salud-publica-para-la-poblacion-por<\/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 gobierno de Guatemala, impulsar\u00e1 la telemedicina en zonas rurales del departamento de San Marcos para evitar traslados de los pacientes. La Direcci\u00f3n del \u00c1rea de Salud de San Marcos, y el Hospital Regional, anunciaron la implementaci\u00f3n del Procedimiento Operativo Est\u00e1ndar de Telemedicina, que tiene como objetivo coordinar las acciones de telemedicina y telesalud en la regi\u00f3n. Asimismo, se alinea con la Estrategia Nacional de Salud Digital en Guatemala 2022-2032. El Ministerio de Salud P\u00fablica y Asistencia Social ha implementado esta iniciativa mediante la Unidad de Salud Digital de la Direcci\u00f3n General del Sistema Integral de Atenci\u00f3n en Salud (SIAS), y gracias al apoyo t\u00e9cnico y financiero de la Organizaci\u00f3n Panamericana de la Salud (OPS). El proyecto consiste en la conexi\u00f3n a internet entre centros de atenci\u00f3n permanente en Comitancillo y Concepci\u00f3n Tutuapa, con el Centro de Atenci\u00f3n Materno Infantil de Tejutla, que se interconecta con el Hospital Regional de San Marcos. En este sentido a trav\u00e9s de m\u00f3dulos de telemedicina dirigidos por el personal de salud, las poblaciones rurales podr\u00e1n acceder a teleconsultas con especialistas desde su localidad y sin necesidad de desplazarse largas distancias hasta la capital de San Marcos. \u201cLa telemedicina es un recurso que tenemos a la mano y que nos permite salvar vidas. En el corto plazo se convertir\u00e1 m\u00e1s eficiente y eficaz, para que la poblaci\u00f3n pueda tener acceso universal a la salud\u201d, explic\u00f3 el Dr. \u00c1ngel Longo, director del Hospital de San Marcos. Asimismo, el director del \u00c1rea de Salud de San Marcos, Juan Pablo Vel\u00e1squez, explic\u00f3 que la telemedicina es una modalidad que gracias a la tecnolog\u00eda puede reducir la mortalidad materna y los \u00edndices de desnutrici\u00f3n, y que adem\u00e1s fortalecer los niveles de salud en varios niveles. \u201cTodos estamos realmente comprometidos en beneficiar a nuestros usuarios garantizando el derecho a la salud\u201d, coment\u00f3. BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA GOBIERNO DE GUATEMALA https:\/\/prensa.gob.gt\/comunicado\/san-marcos-avanza-hacia-la-atencion-en-servicios-de-salud-publica-para-la-poblacion-por<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,160,3394,3396],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-25668","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\/25668","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=25668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}