{"id":16794,"date":"2022-02-24T14:47:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/?p=16794"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:17:57","slug":"telemedicine-an-area-of-opportunities-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/ghi-analysis\/telemedicine-an-area-of-opportunities-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Telemedicine: An Area of Opportunities in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One outgrowth of the pandemic has been the development of new ways of working, and consequently, of meeting needs in different areas. In the case of health, Telehealth (TM) has been one of the big developments<\/a><\/strong>, which, as we have said before, has immense potential. This article presents some interesting data about different TM methods, as well as their introduction and development in Latin America<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TM has been a topic of debate\nin the big international health forums since 2003, and some large strides have\nbeen made since those opening conversations. However, data show that we still\nhave a huge opportunity to develop this sector of the industry that will form\npart of primary health care in the near future. To point to one successful\ncase, according to a report by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),\nBrazil\u2019s Telessa\u00fade Brasil program, whose goal is to offer primary health-care\nprofessionals a second opinion, using electronic consultations or electronic\nreferrals, has demonstrated that one out of two patients offered electronic\nconsultations does not get referred to other services. Its reports show that,\non average, 60% of electronic consultations led to a change in the originally\nplanned approach, thereby reducing costs, especially with treatment outside the\nhome, resulting in a higher case-resolution rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2015, at Global Health Intelligence (GHI) we have been using our proprietary HospiScope<\/a> database, which gathers information about the installed base equipment in hospitals in 17 Latin American countries. HospiScope has allowed us to do a variety of analyses on the development of demographic indicators, hospital equipment, beds, clinical specialties, medical personnel, information systems, type of care, and other key areas. As a result of the pandemic, we began gathering data on TM<\/a><\/strong>, which we have sorted into four main categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Participation in TM, when the hospital has a telemedicine program<\/li>
  2. A TM center, when there is a dedicated center with specialists to which the hospitals can connect, such as centers of excellence in other fields<\/li>
  3. Medical monitoring (spoke TM), when the hospital has a system connected to the service provided by the TM center where the specialists are located<\/li>
  4. International TM, when the hospital is involved in international TM<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Our analysis, which is based on the strategic data we have gathered over the years, was based on data from hospitals in 17 Latin American countries that was compiled between 2018 and 2021<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Roughly 15% of the hospitals included\nin our analysis have a TM program; 9% are connected to a TM center; just 6%\nprovide that service to patients through a medical monitoring system, and 1%\nare part of international TM. These data remained stable between 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Analyzing the data from hospitals<\/a><\/strong> with a TM program, the percentage of these relative to the total amount of hospitals in the region varies between 11% and 19%, leaving a large opportunity for the development of this service. Zooming in on the most relevant data, Colombia<\/a><\/strong> has the most development in the service, while Chile<\/a><\/strong> is the only country to have made a strategic investment in infrastructure, installed capacity, and specialist telehealth personnel, distinguishing itself from the other countries in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In terms of connectedness to TM centers, 38% of hospitals have this service in Colombia. However, Argentina<\/a><\/strong>, which comes next in the ranking, has just a 9% share, showing that there is significant opportunity for investment in this service too. The situation is similar for medical monitoring. In Colombia, 65% of hospitals have the service, followed by Chile with just 9%, then Argentina, Mexico<\/a><\/strong> and others, respectively with 3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Lastly, we see significant\nopportunity in terms of international TM, where the total percentage share\namong hospitals is 1%. Colombia leads the region in this category with 8%\npenetration, followed by Chile at 1%, and Argentina and Mexico, with 0%,\nrespectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    TM is a service that is here to stay, and the data show there is a development opportunity, in terms of both infrastructure and service, that needs attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Contact us<\/strong> to find out more how our team can conduct a market study for the Latin American country of your choice so you can gain a greater understanding of telemedicine penetration and where the strongest opportunities lie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A rundown of current penetration levels of telemedicine in Latin America and why this offers strong growth potential for healthcare companies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6231,6232,6233,6234,6235,6236,6237,171,898,6238,6239,6240,6241,6242,6243,6245,788,6247],"class_list":{"0":"post-16794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ghi-analysis","8":"tag-38-of-hospitals-in-colombia-connected-to-tm-telemedicine-centers","9":"tag-65-of-hospitals-in-colombia-have-medical-monitoring","10":"tag-8-of-hospitals-in-colombia-with-international-telemedicine","11":"tag-between-11-and-19-of-hospitals-in-latin-america-with-telemedicine-program","12":"tag-brazils-telessaude-brasil-program","13":"tag-colombia-highest-penetration-of-telemedicine-latin-america","14":"tag-database-of-installed-base-equipment-in-hospitals-in-17-latin-american-countries","15":"tag-global-health-intelligence","16":"tag-hospiscope","17":"tag-hospiscope-telemedicine-tracking-latin-american-hospitals","18":"tag-hospitals-with-telemedicine-systems-in-latin-america","19":"tag-percentage-of-hospitals-argentina-with-telemedicine","20":"tag-percentage-of-hospitals-chile-with-telemedicine","21":"tag-percentage-of-hospitals-mexico-with-telemedicine","22":"tag-percentage-of-hospitals-peru-with-telemedicine","23":"tag-roughly-15-of-the-latin-american-hospitals-included-in-our-analysis-have-a-tm-program","24":"tag-telemedicine-latin-america","25":"tag-tm-telemedicine-latin-america"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29808,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16794\/revisions\/29808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}