{"id":8835,"date":"2020-08-11T09:53:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=8835"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:37:40","slug":"los-nuevos-lineamientos-para-la-telemedicina-en-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/plataformas-digitales\/los-nuevos-lineamientos-para-la-telemedicina-en-uruguay\/","title":{"rendered":"New guidelines for Telemedicine in Uruguay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8835\" class=\"elementor elementor-8835\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29428b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"29428b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3af783f\" data-id=\"3af783f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0c1f51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0c1f51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Uruguay's medical union explained the new telemedicine regulations that were applied in April and what are the challenges.<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a1aacb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"8a1aacb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-384ea9d\" data-id=\"384ea9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6976a86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6976a86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In April, Law No. 19869 was enacted in Uruguay for the approval of general guidelines for the implementation and development of telemedicine as the provision of health services.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>This Law defined telemedicine as:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The provision of health care services, where distance is a critical factor, by all healthcare professionals using information and communication technologies for the exchange of information valid for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases and injuries, research and evaluation, and for the ongoing education of health care providers, all in the interest of improving the health of their individuals and their communities.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In addition, this law defined seven principles that underpin the exercise of telemedicine:<\/p><ul><li>The first is <strong>universality<\/strong>, since telemedicine seeks larger access for the people to health services.<\/li><li><strong>Equity<\/strong>, to bring services to people living in remote areas.<\/li><li><strong>Quality of service<\/strong>, since telemedicine promotes an improvement in the quality and comprehensive care of the patient, strengthening the capacities of health professionals.<\/li><li><strong>Efficiency<\/strong>, since these services optimize the resources of care, reduce hospital stays, the repetition of medical acts and undoubtedly the movement of patients.<\/li><li>To improve public health services <strong>decentralization<\/strong>, is necessary, which is possible through telemedicine.<\/li><li>Telemedicine should be <strong>complementary<\/strong> to traditional medical exercise, not as a substitute.<\/li><li>There must be <strong>confidentiality<\/strong> in the exchange of patient information, privacy and patient data must be secure at all times.<\/li><\/ul>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc3c942 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"fc3c942\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-038a578\" data-id=\"038a578\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222b844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"222b844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Members of the Uruguay Medical Union conducted an analysis of the progress of a regulatory law for telemedicine in Uruguay. Dr. Nicol\u00e1s Sgarbi commented on the strategies in telemedicine and those of a face-to-face medical act: \"There should be no differences because telemedicine should also be used for the benefit of the patient and therefore the medical act must have at least the same quality of the face-to-face medical act or better quality. It is not acceptable for the quality of care to go down by using telemedicine.\"<\/p><p>Dr. F\u00e9lix R\u00edgoli, an advisor to the Pan American Health Organization and also an expert in the regulations governing telemedicine, commented that \"one point that is not less, is that there are three parts that should agree to move to tele care: the doctor, the patient and the institution\". The importance of this type of legal and regulatory aspects that allows to offer a regulated and quality service.<\/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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e37943f\" data-id=\"e37943f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a391ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a391ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Los-nuevos-lineamientos-para-la-Telemedicina-en-Uruguay.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8836\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Los-nuevos-lineamientos-para-la-Telemedicina-en-Uruguay.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Los-nuevos-lineamientos-para-la-Telemedicina-en-Uruguay-660x347.jpg 660w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Los-nuevos-lineamientos-para-la-Telemedicina-en-Uruguay-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Los-nuevos-lineamientos-para-la-Telemedicina-en-Uruguay-840x441.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47435db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"47435db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0100692\" data-id=\"0100692\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de5b48d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de5b48d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the realization of a legal framework for the application of telemedicine in public health, a number of aspects ranging from the technical to the care of patient data are important.<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c617d1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"c617d1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41f6030\" data-id=\"41f6030\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27da593 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"27da593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4171\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4171\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4171\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4171\"><p><strong>IMPO<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impo.com.uy\/bases\/leyes\/19869-2020\">https:\/\/www.impo.com.uy\/bases\/leyes\/19869-2020<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>MEDICAL UNION OF URUGUAY <\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smu.org.uy\/un-analisis-de-la-situacion-de-la-telemedicina-en-el-uruguay\/\">https:\/\/www.smu.org.uy\/un-analisis-de-la-situacion-de-la-telemedicina-en-el-uruguay\/<\/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":"<p>El sindicato m\u00e9dico de Uruguay explic\u00f3 las nuevas normativas en telemedicina que fueron aprobadas en abril y cu\u00e1les son los retos que enfrentan. En abril, fue promulgada en Uruguay la Ley N\u00b0 19869 para la aprobaci\u00f3n de los lineamientos generales para la implementaci\u00f3n y desarrollo de la telemedicina como prestaci\u00f3n de los servicios de salud. En esta Ley se defini\u00f3 la telemedicina como: La provisi\u00f3n de los servicios de atenci\u00f3n sanitaria, donde la distancia es un factor cr\u00edtico, por todos los profesionales de atenci\u00f3n sanitaria utilizando tecnolog\u00edas de la informaci\u00f3n y comunicaci\u00f3n para el intercambio de informaci\u00f3n v\u00e1lida para el diagn\u00f3stico, tratamiento y prevenci\u00f3n de enfermedades y lesiones, investigaci\u00f3n y evaluaci\u00f3n, y para la educaci\u00f3n continua de los proveedores de atenci\u00f3n sanitaria, todo en inter\u00e9s de mejorar la salud de sus individuos y sus comunidades. Asimismo, en esta ley se definieron siete principios que sustentan el ejercicio de la telemedicina: El primero, la universalidad, ya que a trav\u00e9s de la telemedicina se busca un mayor acceso para la poblaci\u00f3n a los servicios de salud. Equidad, para acercar los servicios a poblaci\u00f3n en zonas remotas. Calidad del servicio, ya que la telemedicina promueve una mejora en la calidad y atenci\u00f3n integral del paciente, fortaleciendo las capacidades del personal de salud. Eficiencia, ya que gracias a estos servicios se optimizan los recursos asistenciales, se reducen las estancias hospitalarias, la repetici\u00f3n de actos m\u00e9dicos y sin duda los desplazamientos de los pacientes. Para mejorar los servicios p\u00fablicos de salud es necesaria la descentralizaci\u00f3n, lo que es posible a trav\u00e9s de la telemedicina. La telemedicina debe representar complementariedad con el ejercicio m\u00e9dico tradicional, no como un sustituto. Debe existir confidencialidad en el intercambio de informaci\u00f3n con el paciente, la privacidad y datos del paciente deben estar seguros en todo momento. Miembros del Sindicato M\u00e9dico de Uruguay realizaron un an\u00e1lisis sobre el avance que representa una ley regulatoria para la telemedicina en Uruguay. El Dr. Nicol\u00e1s Sgarbi coment\u00f3 lo siguiente sobre las estrategias en telemedicina y las de un acto m\u00e9dico presencial: \u201cno deber\u00eda haber diferencias porque adem\u00e1s la telemedicina se debe utilizar en beneficio del paciente y por lo tanto el acto m\u00e9dico tiene que tener como m\u00ednimo la misma calidad del acto m\u00e9dico presencial o mejor calidad. No es aceptable que la calidad de asistencia baje por utilizar telemedicina\u201d. El Dr F\u00e9lix R\u00edgoli, asesor de la Organizaci\u00f3n Panamericana de la Salud y adem\u00e1s experto en las normativas que regulan la telemedicina coment\u00f3 que: \u201cun punto que no es menor, es que hay tres partes que deber\u00edan sentirse de acuerdo para pasar a la tele atenci\u00f3n: el m\u00e9dico, el paciente y la instituci\u00f3n\u201d. La importancia de este tipo de aspectos legales y normativos que permite ofrecer un servicio regulado y de calidad. Para la realizaci\u00f3n de un marco legal para la aplicaci\u00f3n de telemedicina en salud p\u00fablica son importantes diversos aspectos que van desde lo t\u00e9cnico, hasta el cuidado de los datos del paciente. BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA IMPO https:\/\/www.impo.com.uy\/bases\/leyes\/19869-2020 &nbsp;SINDICATO M\u00c9DICO DEL URUGUAY https:\/\/www.smu.org.uy\/un-analisis-de-la-situacion-de-la-telemedicina-en-el-uruguay\/<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,153],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-8835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunidades-conectadas","category-plataformas-digitales","tag-noticias"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8835","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=8835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}