{"id":5372,"date":"2019-10-24T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=5372"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:05:57","slug":"el-ministerio-de-salud-de-chile-minsal-anuncia-la-creacion-del-departamento-de-salud-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/avance-de-la-ciencia\/el-ministerio-de-salud-de-chile-minsal-anuncia-la-creacion-del-departamento-de-salud-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Health of Chile (MINSAL) announces the creation of the Department of Digital Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Chilean government seeks to strengthen the role of Digital Health in the provision of health services, aligned with the slopes announced by WHO in early 2019, and promoting the formation of this area focused on the implementation of a base department for management of the Digital Hospital<\/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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Chile returns to take a step in Digital Health, as its government has released exempt resolution 595, signed by Dr. Jaime Mala\u00f1ich Muxi, Minister of Health, who requests the creation of the new Department of Digital Health.<\/b> The objective with which it\u2019s created is to bring the management and monitoring functions to the technology and communication tools that will be applied at the Digital Hospital.<\/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 Digital Strategy in Health seeks to automate clinical and administrative processes within health facilities (hospitals and clinics), including the relationship with health authorities and public health processes, emphasizing the integration of systems, with the purpose to provide relevant information for the decision making of the different levels of management of the health sector.<\/p>

One of the specific and primary objectives in Digital Health that have been in Chile since 2015, is to achieve an integrated system of attention to citizens. With the coverage of multiple channels, it\u2019s seeking to implement a single window of communication and interaction with people to improve access, coverage and quality of services provided to citizens. The impact translates into improving the overall satisfaction of users and communities regarding the health services made available to them.<\/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 decree made public by the representatives of the Chilean government specifies that the Department of Digital Health should create strategies based on the Model of Comprehensive Family and Community Health Care, in the context of the Integrated Health Services Networks and through the use of Information and Communication Technologies. Its goals will be to facilitate the provision of distance health services from the field of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In addition, there are several verticals that the Ministry of Digital Health should follow, among which are:<\/p>